A Certain Mr. Gran
1933, German. Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht.
An Italian engineer who had made a strategically important invention to ward off enemy aircraft is killed in a robbery. As the plans have presumably fallen into the hands of spies, secret service captain Bergall is given the task of recovering the papers. Bergall initially adopts a false name and appears as Mr. Gran, whom nobody knows. Under this name, he rents a room in the Hotel Danieli in Venice and makes the acquaintance of the shipowner's daughter Viola Dolleen. With her help, he is able to eliminate Captain Gordon, who is also interested in the plans. When Gran learns that the plans are now in the possession of the art dealer Tschernikoff, who wants to sell them to Gordon, he immediately travels to Rome, visits the art dealer Titian and pretends to be Gordon. In the art dealer's remote villa, events come thick and fast...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Gerhard LamprechtDirector
- Hans AlbersEin gewisser Herr Gran
- Albert BassermannTschernikoff
- Rose StradnerBianca
- Walter RillaPietro Broccardo
- Karin HardtViola Dolleen
- Olga TschechowaFrau Mervin
- Hubert von MeyerinckHauptmann Gordon
- Hermann SpeelmansNica
- Hans Adalbert SchlettowBeppo
- Hans DeppeRossi
- Fritz Odemarder traurige Herr
- Marcel MerminodPolizist
Details
- Released
- 15 August 1933
- Original title
- Ein gewisser Herr Gran
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Philipp Lothar Mayring, Fritz Zeckendorf
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Who directed A Certain Mr. Gran?
A Certain Mr. Gran (1933) was directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and stars Hans Albers, Albert Bassermann, Rose Stradner.