''Alibi'' is a 1955 West German
crime
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drama film directed by
Alfred Weidenmann
Alfred Weidenmann (10 May 1916 – 9 June 2000) was a German film director, screenwriter, and author of children's books. He directed more than 30 films between 1942 and 1984.
Selected filmography
* ' (1942)
* ' (1944)
* ''I and You'' (195 ...
and starring
O.E. Hasse,
Martin Held and
Hardy Krüger.
[ Bernhard & Rebbelmund p.85] It was shot at the
Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and
on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Rolf Zehetbauer.
Synopsis
A hotshot newspaper reporter is summoned for
jury service. Young Harald Meinhardt is charged with killing Frau Overbeck, the wife of a very successful scientist, with whom he was having an affair. The journalist Peter Hansen is the only member of the jury to vote against Meinhardt's conviction. He launches a newspaper campaign to demonstrate his innocence, and sets out to identify the real killer.
Cast
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O.E. Hasse as Peter Hansen
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Martin Held as Dr. Kurt Overbeck
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Hardy Krüger as Harald Meinhardt
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Inge Römer
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Gisela von Collande
Gisela von Collande (5 February 1915 – 22 October 1960) was a German film actress.
Gisela came from an acting family. She was the sister of the actor and director Volker von Collande. She married the actor Josef Dahmen, with whom she had a daug ...
as Frau Hansen
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Charles Regnier
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
as Dietmar, Chef vom Dienst
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Peer Schmidt
Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt (11 March 1926; Erfurt, Weimar Germany – 8 May 2010; Berlin) was a German actor who specialized in film actor, films, television and dubbing. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean ...
as Benjamin Roland
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Ernst Waldow a sKriminalkommissar Lukkas
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Siegfried Schürenberg as Vorsitzender des Gerichts
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Helga Roloff as Fräulein Dr. Klausen
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Jan Hendriks as Berthold
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Almut Rothweiler as Frau Overbeck
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Franz Essel as Staatsanwalt
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Hermann Holve as Verteidiger
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Hans-Albert Martens as Strafverteidiger
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Helmuth Rudolph as Chefredakteur von Pleskau
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Walter Werner as Vater Meinhardt
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Maria Sebaldt as Fräulein Krüger, Moderedakteurin
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Maly Delschaft as Frau Wilke
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Alexa von Porembsky
Alexa von Porembsky (5 June 1906 - 18 August 1981) was a Hungarian-born German actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Leontine's Husbands'' (1928)
* ''Woman in the Moon'' (1929) - Eine Veilchenverkäuferin
* '' Road to Rio'' (1931) - Die Unerfahr ...
as Hausangestellte Maria
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Arno Paulsen as Taxifahrer
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Walter Tarrach as Dr. Fischer
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Alexander Hunzinger as Ausrufer
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Fany Spornitz as Frau Dr. Brandt
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Alfred Maack as Kaufmann Beermann
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Ludwig Linkmann as Lokalredakteur Becker
References
Bibliography
* Julia Bernhard & Sylvia Rebbelmund. ''O.E. Hasse''. Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Künste, 2003.
External links
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1955 films
West German films
German crime drama films
1955 crime drama films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Alfred Weidenmann
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
Films shot in Hamburg
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski
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