''Crown Jewels'' () is a 1950 West German

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directed by

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and starring

Sybille Schmitz Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Biography Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year l ...

, Hans Nielsen and

Kurt Kreuger Kurt Kreuger (July 23, 1916 – July 12, 2006) was a Swiss-reared Germany, German actor. Kreuger once was the third-most-requested male actor at 20th Century Fox. He starred with, among others, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Life and career ...

.Parish p. 503 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

When a country is invaded, its

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are hidden from the occupiers. Various figures try to get their hands on them.

Cast

as Eva Skeravenen * Hans Nielsen as Willroy *

as Paul Regner *

Marina von Ditmar Marina von Ditmar (30 October 1914 – 3 September 2014) was a German film actress born in Saint Petersburg of Baltic German descent. After moving to Germany she studied acting under Lucie Höflich and Ilka Grüning. Her first roles were performe ...

as Helen Fabricius *

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as Frau Fabricius *

Rolf von Nauckhoff Rolf von Nauckhoff (1909–1968) was a Swedish film actor who worked mainly in Germany.World Filmography: 1967 p.152 Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) - Student reading a poem (uncredited) * ''Shipwrecked Max'' (1936) - Waiter ...

as Minister * Herta Worell as Mimi *

Wolfgang Büttner Wolfgang Büttner (1 June 1912 – 18 November 1990) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1950 to 1998. Filmography References External links

* 1912 births 1990 deaths German male film actors Male ac ...

a s Scaliger * John Pauls-Harding as Charly *

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as Benjamin * Fritz Wagner as Georges * Hannes Keppler as Kommissar * Udo Loeptin as Prosecutor *

Karl-Heinz Peters Karl-Heinz Peters (28 August 1903 – 5 September 1990) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * ''Men Are That Way'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * '' Enemies'' (1940) * '' Mein Leben für Irlan ...

as Lidell *

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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (27 July 1900 – 30 October 1988) was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1933 and 1983. He was born in Brunswick, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Die große und die ...

Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar ...

* Hildegard Busse * Ulrich Folkmar as Richter * Alice Verden

References

Bibliography

External links

* 1950 films 1950 crime films German crime films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by František Čáp Films shot at Bavaria Studios Bavaria Film films German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub