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A Certain Mr. Gran (1934)
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...
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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...
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Genre:Drama, Thriller
Written By:Philipp Lothar Mayring, Fritz Zeckendorf
In Theaters:2/23/1934
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Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:UFA
Cast
Gerhard Lamprecht
Director
Hans Albers
Ein gewisser Herr Gran
Albert Bassermann
Tschernikoff
Rose Stradner
Bianca
Walter Rilla
Pietro Broccardo
Karin Hardt
Viola Dolleen
Olga Tschechowa
Frau Mervin
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hauptmann Gordon
Hermann Speelmans
Nica
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Beppo
Hans Deppe
Rossi
Fritz Odemar
der traurige Herr
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