| Confess, Doctor Corda | |
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| Directed by | Josef von Báky |
| Written by | Robert A. Stemmle |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Göran Strindberg |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Georg Haentzschel |
| Production company | CCC Film |
| Distributed by | Europa Film |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Confess, Doctor Corda (German: Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda) is a 1958 West German crime film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Hardy Krüger, Elisabeth Müller and Lucie Mannheim. It is considered to be a film noir, one of a number made in Germany during the decade. It was shot at the Spandau Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Kettelhut and Helmut Nentwig.
Plot
A doctor goes to a meet a young woman in a park at night, only to find that she has been murdered before he got there. The police consider him the prime suspect, and put him under considerable pressure to confess.
Cast
- Hardy Krüger as Dr. Fred Corda
- Elisabeth Müller as Beate Corda
- Lucie Mannheim as Mrs. Bieringer
- Hans Nielsen as Dr. Nagel
- Fritz Tillmann as Dr. Pohlhammer
- Eva Pflug as Gabriele Montag
- Rudolf Fernau as Professor Schliessmann
- Siegfried Lowitz as Inspektor Guggitz
- Emmy Burg as Oberin
- Lore Hartling as Schwester Antonia
- Paul Edwin Roth as Dr. Schimmer
- Ernst Sattler as Vater von Corda
- Albert Bessler as Dr. Dollheubel
- Jochen Blume as Untersuchungsrichter
- Alfred Balthoff as Detektiv Juch
- Roma Bahn as Ehemalige Krankenschwester
- Werner Buttler as Dr. Feldmacher
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Kriminalbeamter Kerndl
- Georg Gütlich as Polizeiarzt Dr. Gruber
- Hans Binner as Mörder
- Sigrid Hackenberg as Schwester Emerentia
- Ursula Hoeflich as Schwester Veronika
- Maria Krasna as Frau im Carmen-Kostüm
- Barbara Wieczik as Susi Corda
References
- Spicer p.110
Bibliography
- Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
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