The Green Emperor

Produced byKarl SchulzStarringCinematographyWilly WintersteinEdited byAxel von WernerMusic byHans EbertDistributed byUFA88 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGermanBudget541,000 Reichsmarks

The Green Emperor (German: Der grüne Kaiser) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Paul Mundorf and starring Gustav Diessl, Carola Höhn and René Deltgen. It was inspired by the real-life case of a Belgian financier who had gone missing during a flight across the English Channel.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Location shooting took place in the countryside outside Berlin during 1938. It premiered in Vienna in February 1939.

Synopsis

A shady British businessmen frames his pilot for his murder. After being released from prison, the pilot attempts to track down his former employer who is still alive.

Cast

• Gustav Diessl as Henry Miller / Hendrik Mylius
• Carola Höhn as Joana Martinez
• René Deltgen as Jan Karsten
• Ellen Bang as Eva Latour
• Aribert Wäscher as Bankier Vandermer
• Hilde Hildebrand as Nora
• Paul Westermeier as Hoyens
• Alexander Engel as Sekretär Favard
• Albert Hörrmann as Marcel Carraux
• Hans Leibelt as Picard
• Hans Halder as Bankier Jaquine
• Otto Matthies as Agent van't Hoff
• Eduard von Winterstein as Gerichtsvorsitzender im 2. Prozeß
• Edwin Jürgensen as Prosecutor in the first trial
• Franz Schafheitlin as Prosecutor in the second trial
• Erwin Biegel as Diener Pieter auf der Fazenda
• Ilse Trautschold as Hoysens Sekretärin
• Ingolf Kuntze as Gerichtsvorsitzender im 1. Prozeß
• Siegfried Schürenberg as Defense lawyer
• Bruno Hübner as Geschworener
• Aribert Grimmer as Geschworener
• Walther Süssenguth as Geschworener
• Eric Helgar as Singender Arbeiter auf der Fazenda
• Erich Fiedler as Reporter

References

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3861-7.

External links

• The Green Emperor at IMDb