The Silent Guest

The Silent Guest
Directed by	Harald Braun
Written by	Harald Braun Theodor Fontane (novel) Kurt Heynicke
Produced by	Fritz Thiery
Starring	René Deltgen Gisela Uhlen Rudolf Fernau
Cinematography	Robert Baberske
Edited by	Milo Harbich
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	March 1945 (1945-03)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Silent Guest (German: Der stumme Gast) is a 1945 German crime film directed by Harald Braun and starring René Deltgen, Gisela Uhlen and Rudolf Fernau. It was one of the final films released during the Nazi era. It received its Austrian premiere in Vienna in 1950.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler, Carl Ludwig Kirmse and Walter Kutz.

Cast

• René Deltgen as Matthias Radscheck
• Gisela Uhlen as Lisa Radscheck
• Rudolf Fernau as Oskar Kampmann
• Jaspar von Oertzen as Gendarm Geelhaar
• Carsta Löck as Marianne Ebeling
• Willi Rose as Eduard, Ladengehilfe
• Ethel Reschke as Trude, Kaltmamsell
• Herbert Hübner as Von Wedelstedt, Gutsbesitzer
• Friedhelm von Petersson as Dieter von Wedelstedt
• Sigrid Becker as Helene, Magd
• Walter Janssen as Eccelius, Apotheker
• Ingolf Kuntze as Prosecutor
• Josef Sieber as Jakob, Knecht
• Toni Impekoven as Vohwinkel, Gerichtsrat
• Karl Hannemann as Buggenhagen
• Arnim Suessenguth as Siebenkorn, Schmuggler
• Hella Thornegg as Witwe Wagenbrett
• Gert Geiger as Wonnekamp

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• The Silent Guest at IMDb