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Directed by | Emil E. Reinert |
Written by | Michael Kehlmann Franz Tassié |
Based on | I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia |
Produced by | Ernst Müller |
Starring | Gustav Fröhlich Cornell Borchers Adrienne Gessner |
Cinematography | Helmuth Ashley |
Edited by | Henny Brünsch |
Music by | Richard Hageman |
Production companies | Schönbrunn-Film Transglobe-Film |
Distributed by | Herzog-Filmverleih |
Release date | 18 September 1952 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Austria |
Language | German |
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