''Crime Reporter Holm'' (german: Kriminalreporter Holm) is a 1932 German

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directed by Erich Engels and starring

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and

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.Parish & Canham p. 103 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Herbert Lippschitz.

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took place around Garmisch-Partenkirchen in

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Cast

as Peter Holm *

as Professor Caesar Cicero Nebelthau *

as Carla Garden, Tänzerin * Anny Schwarz as Marie *

Harry Hardt Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mili ...

* Erik Wirl *

Alfred Beierle Alfred Beierle (4 June 1885 – 16 March 1950) was a German stage and film actor.Alpi p.346 Selected filmography * ''The League of Three'' (1929) * '' The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * ''The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * '' Oh Those Glor ...

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References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish & Kingsley Canham. ''Film Directors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 mystery films Films of the Weimar Republic German mystery films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Erich Engels German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub