''The Magic Face'' is a 1951 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Frank Tuttle Frank Wright Tuttle (August 6, 1892 – January 6, 1963) was a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (''The Cradle Buster'') to 1959 (''Island of Lost Women''). Biography Frank Tuttle was ...

and written by Mort Briskin and Robert Smith. The film stars

Luther Adler Luther Adler (born Lutha Adler; May 4, 1903 – December 8, 1984) was an American actor who worked in theatre, film, television, and directed plays on Broadway. Early life Adler was born on May 4, 1903, in New York City, one of the six children ...

Patricia Knight Patricia Knight (born Marjorie Heinzen; April 28, 1915 – October 26, 2004) was an American actress who appeared in a few movies in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Career In 1949, Knight and her husband, Cornel Wilde, acted at Cape Playhouse i ...

William L. Shirer William Lawrence Shirer (; February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian. His '' The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'', a history of Nazi Germany, has been read by many and cited in schol ...

, Jaspar von Oertzen, Anton Mitterwurzer and Peter Preses. The film was released on August 13, 1951 by

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group ...

Plot

Cast

as Rudi Janus / Janus the Great / Adolf Hitler *

as Vera Janus *

as Himself * Jaspar von Oertzen as Maj. Fritz Weinrich *Anton Mitterwurzer as Hans *Peter Preses as Warden Harbacker *

Manfred Inger Manfred Inger (1907–1984) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditiona ...

as Heinrich Wagner *Charles Koenig as Franz *

Rolf Wanka Rolf Wanka (14 February 1901 – 30 November 1982) was an Austrian actor. Biography He was of Czech, German and French origin. His father was Dr. Josef Wanka was head physician in Vienna. His mother was Emma Pippich. His family owned a mans ...

as Gen. Rodenbusch *Oskar Willner as Gen. von Schlossen *Bell as Gen. Haldes *Eric Zuckmann as Heinrich Himmler *

Hermann Erhardt Hermann Erhardt (January 9, 1903 in Landshut - November 30, 1958 in Vienna) was a German actor who played in more than 50 movies, among them '' Heimkehr'' and '' A Devil of a Woman''. Selected filmography * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1935) * ...

as Hermann Göring *Hans Sheel as Gen. Steig *Michael Tellering as Lt. Col. Heitmeier *

Erik Frey Erik Frey (1 March 1908 – 2 September 1988) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1936 and 1988. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria. He was married to the actress Jane Tilden and Susi Witt. Selected ...

as Col. Raffenstein *

Heinz Moog Gustav Heinrich Eduard Moog (28 June 1908 – 9 May 1989) was a German actor.http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13495155.html He appeared in more than seventy films from 1943 to 1989. Filmography References External links * Audio ...

as Hans Harbach *Ilka Windish as Carla Harbach *Annie Maier as Mariana

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Magic Face 1951 films English-language Austrian films 1950s English-language films American drama films Austrian drama films 1951 drama films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Frank Tuttle Films about Adolf Hitler Films about actors Films scored by Herschel Burke Gilbert Cultural depictions of Hermann Göring Cultural depictions of Heinrich Himmler American black-and-white films 1950s American films English-language drama films