Shadows of the Past (1936)
After serving a prison sentence for no fault of her own, café violinist Helene seeks out her twin sister Betty, a famous revue star in Vienna engaged to a public prosecutor. During a sailing trip, Betty accidentally drowns. Helene, at first involuntarily, then consciously, assumes her sister’s identity. Blackmail by two criminals soon follows.
- Released
- 1936-07-16
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Werner Hochbaum
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Luise Ullrich as Betty Gall, Revuestar + Helene Gall, Kaffeehausgeigerin
- Gustav Diessl as Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
- Lucie Höflich as Anna, Wirtschafterin bei Betty Gall
- Oskar Sima as Semmelweich, Verbrecher
- Anton Pointner as Brillanten-Emil, Verbrecher
- Tibor von Halmay as Baron Hayduk
- Rudolf Carl as Waraschitz, Inspizient
- Gretl Bernd as Anita Roller, Schauspielerin
- Albert Heine as Gefängnisdirektor
- Richard Waldemar as Janos, Bootswärter
- Mihail Xantho as Untersuchungsrichter
- Robert Valberg as Arzt