| The White Demon | |
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| Directed by | Kurt Gerron |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Bruno Duday |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
| Edited by | Constantin Mick |
| Music by | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
| Production company | UFA |
| Distributed by | UFA |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The White Demon (German: Der weiße Dämon) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus and Peter Lorre. The film is also known by the alternative title of Dope. The sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.
A separate French-language version Narcotics was also made.
Synopsis
A drug dealer gets a rising young female singer addicted to drugs. Her brother decides to hunt him down in revenge.
Cast
- Hans Albers as Heini Gildemeister
- Gerda Maurus as Gerda Gildemeister
- Peter Lorre as Hunchback
- Lucie Höflich as Gildemeister's Mother
- Trude von Molo as Dora Lind
- Alfred Abel as Gorre
- Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Gorre's Son
- Raoul Aslan as Dr. Urusew
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Marquis d'Esquillon
- Alfred Beierle
- Ernst Behmer
- Paul Biensfeldt
- Julius Brandt
- Hansjoachim Büttner
- Eugen Burg
- Louis Brody as Theater Janitor
- Julius E. Herrmann
- Karl John
- Erwin Kalser
- Philipp Manning
- Klaus Pohl as Theaterdiener
- Ernst Pröckl
- Paul Rehkopf
- Emilie Süssmann
- Eva Speyer
- Emilia Unda
- Else Ward
- Eduard von Winterstein as Arzt
References
- Kreimeier pp. 198–199
Bibliography
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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- 1932 films
- 1932 crime drama films
- German crime drama films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1930s German-language films
- Films directed by Kurt Gerron
- UFA GmbH films
- Films about drugs
- German multilingual films
- Films about siblings
- German black-and-white films
- 1932 multilingual films
- 1930s German films
- Films scored by Hans-Otto Borgmann
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