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1938 film

The Impossible Mister Pitt

Directed by	Harry Piel
Written by	Harald Bratt Reinhold Meißner Georg Mühlen-Schulte Harry Piel
Based on	The Impossible Mister Pitt by Georg Mühlen-Schulte
Produced by	Hans Conradi Harry Piel
Starring	Harry Piel Willi Schur Leopold von Ledebur Hilde Weissner
Cinematography	Karl Puth Fritz von Friedl
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Ernst Leenen
Production companies	Terra Film Ariel-Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	16 April 1938 (1938-04-16)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Impossible Mister Pitt (German: Der unmögliche Herr Pitt) is a 1938 German adventure crime film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It also features Willi Schur, Leopold von Ledebur and Hilde Weissner. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location off the coast of Split in Croatia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was based on the novel of the same title by Georg Mühlen-Schulte who also worked on the screenplay.

Synopsis

Tom and Tim escape from a Tunisian prison where they were doing hard labour after being arrested following a brawl and not having correct identity documents. They board a luxury yacht and encounter Lucienne and her father Thomas Cay. Tom impersonates a man called Pitt who is engaged to Lucienne and she, taking a liking to him, plays along. He soon uncovers a plot to sabotage the yacht.

Cast

Harry Piel as Tom
Willi Schur as Tim
Leopold von Ledebur as Thomas Cay
Hilde Weissner as Lucienne, seine Tochter
Hans Junkermann as Lord Bonnycastle
Julia Serda as Lady Jane
Hans Stiebner as Anatol Mabub
Werner Scharf as José Galvez
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as René Mouche
Ursula Grabley as Amélie, seine Tochter
Leonie Duval as Fauchette
Hans Zesch-Ballot as Picard, Polizeiinspektor
Olaf Bach as Nicole, Matrose
Fritz Klaudius as Ponpon, Matrose
Louis Brody as Hannibal, Matrose
Klaus Pohl as Parker, Matrose
Victor Bell as Schwarzer Kunde beim Barbier
Charly Berger as Funker des Polizeikutters
Horst Birr as Schiffsjunge
Peter Busse as Italienischer Wirt
Gerhard Dammann as Rechtsanwalt
Jac Diehl as Kellner
Max Diekmann as Raufender Matrose
Erich Dunskus as Kapitän Hook
Angelo Ferrari as Schnellrichter
Cläre Gilb as Mädchen im Gefängnis
Fred Goebel as Polizist
Jochen Hauer as Duval, Erster Offizier
Mohamed Husen as Kameltreiber
Alfred Karen as Mann beim Notar
Ernst Albert Schaach as Sekretär des Untersuchungsrichters
Paul Schneider-Duncker as Sekretär bei Cay
Georg H. Schnell as Chiron, Senator
F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Ricaut, Notar
Hasso Sherief-Osmann as Schwarzer Diener des Notars
Otto Stoeckel as Untersuchungsrichter
Aruth Wartan as Arabi
Sergei Woischeff as Kapitän des Polizeikutters

References

Noack p.127
Giesen p.146
Goble p.337

Bibliography

Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

The Impossible Mister Pitt at IMDb

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