Police Report (German: Der Polizeibericht meldet) is a 1934 German mystery crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Olga Chekhova, Paul Otto and Hansi Niese.Giesen p.145Rentschler p.230 It was adapted from the 1932 novel Die Frau im schwarzen Schleier by Hedda Lindne.
Synopsis The head of the company is found shot dead, not long after attempting to seduce Gisela Ostercamp, the wife of his business partner. The police investigate and conclude that she is guilty of the murder. She is placed on trial but the murdered man's brother, a lawyer, takes up her case.
Cast Olga Chekhova as Gisela Ostercamp Paul Otto as Dr. Wolf Ostercamp, ihr Mann Hansi Niese as Tante Nell, Giselas Tante Johannes Riemann as Wilbert Burkhardt, Rechtsanwalt Walter Steinbeck Direktor Burkhardt, sein Bruder Käthe Haack as Anna Scheele Gerhard Bienert as Ihr Mann, ein Arbeiter Carl Balhaus as Schriftleiter Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Steppuhn, Chauffeur bei RA. Burkhardt Walter Gross as Schmidt Friedrich Kayßler Vorsitzender des Gerichtes Carsta Löck as Mädchen bei Burkhardt Georg H. Schnell as Staatsanwalt Hans Zesch-Ballot as Kriminalkommissär Haupt Willi Schur as Wirt Betty Sedlmayr as Sängerpaar Leni Sponholz as Frau Schmidt, seine Frau Ursula van Diemen Kyra Lindemann, Opernsängerin Walter von Lennep as Sängerpaar Ernst Behmer Eduard Bornträger Arthur Grosse Charlie Kracker Fritz Linn Gerti Ober Gustav Püttjer Heinz Wemper Ewald Wenck
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Bibliography Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019. Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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