Epilogue (1950)
The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
- Released
- 1950-09-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Helmut Käutner, Helmut Käutner, Robert A. Stemmle
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Horst Caspar as Reporter Peter Zabel
- Bettina Moissi as Leata
- O.E. Hasse as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
- Hans Leibelt as Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
- Irene von Meyendorff as Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
- Fritz Kortner as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
- Hilde Hildebrand as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
- Peter van Eyck as FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
- Hans Christian Blech as Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
- Carl Raddatz as Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
- Arno Assmann as Ermano, Partner von Conchita
- Paul Hörbiger as Musikclown „The Great Teatch“