''Five Suspects'' () is a 1950 West German

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Kurt Hoffmann Kurt Hoffmann (12 November 1910 – 25 June 2001) was a German film director, the son of Carl Hoffmann. He directed 48 films between 1938 and 1971. He ran a production company Independent Film along with Heinz Angermeyer. His 1958 film ''W ...

and starring Hans Nielsen, Dorothea Wieck and

Friedrich Schoenfelder Friedrich Schoenfelder (17 October 1916 – 14 August 2011) was a German actor. Schoenfelder was born in Sorau/Lower Lusatia and died in Berlin. He was 94. He was the German dubbing voice of David Niven and Vincent Price. In the German versio ...

.Bergfelder p. 148 It is also known by the alternative title of ''City in the Fog''. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer. It was shot at the

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Cast

* Hans Nielsen as Kriminalrat Thomsen * Dorothea Wieck as Frau Berling *

as Dr. Sven Berling * Ina Halley as Ingrid Sörensen * Blandine Ebinger as Margarite Lassens *

Josef Sieber Josef Sieber (28 April 1900 – 3 December 1962) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Pappi'' (1934) * ''Punks Arrives from America'' (1935) * ''Joan of Arc'' (1935) * ''The Gypsy Baron'' (1935) * '' The Last Four on Santa Cruz'' (1 ...

as Schuldiener Palsberg / Erik Palsberg, dessen Bruder *

Franz Nicklisch Franz Friedrich Nicklisch (8 March 1906 – 6 December 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and 1975. He is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf next to his brother . Selected filmo ...

as Karl Jensen *

Hans Leibelt Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * ''The False Prince (1927 film), The False Prince'' (1927) * ' ...

as Schuldirektor Dr. Lassens *

Henry Lorenzen Henry Lorenzen (8 February 1899 – 22 September 1961) was a Danish film actor.Giesen p.199 Selected filmography * ''Girls of Today (1933 film), Girls of Today'' (1933) * ''The Champion of Pontresina'' (1934) * ''Roses from the South (1934 film) ...

as Kriminalassistent Aalsen * Lutz Moik as Klaus Eriksen *

Gunnar Möller Gunnar Möller (1 July 1928 – 16 May 2017) was a German television actor, television and film actor. He appeared in over 160 film and television productions between 1940 and 2016. He was most successful as a leading man in German cinema of the 1 ...

as Ole Klimm * Friedhelm von Petersson as Jacob Eriksen * Horst Gentzen as Arne Hansen * Thomas Lundberg as Knud Petersen *

Karl Klüsner Karl Klüsner (1905–1960) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Nights in Andalusia'' (1938) * '' The Green Hell'' (1938) * ''Legion Condor The Condor Legion () was a unit of military personnel from the air force and army of Na ...

as Oberlehrer Falster * A. Koch as Arzt * Jo Hanns Müller as Man * Arno Paulsen as Vater Gustav Klimm *

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character actor, character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appe ...

as Ohlsen * Ottokar Runze as Schüler * Werner Schott as Kriminalkommissar Ribe * Kurt Waitzmann as

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Dr. Claudius

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1950 films West German films German crime films 1950 crime films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann Films based on German novels Films set in Denmark German black-and-white films Films shot at Spandau Studios 1950s German films Films scored by Herbert Trantow {{1950s-Germany-film-stub