Epilogue

Epilogue

91 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1950

The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".

Epilogue

91 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1950

Epilogue
The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
Producers Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)
Original title Epilog – Das Geheimnis der Orplid
Directors Helmut Käutner
Writers Fritz Böttger, Robert A. Stemmle, Helmut Käutner, Artur Brauner

Cast

Horst Caspar

as Reporter Peter Zabel

Bettina Moissi

as Leata

O.E. Hasse

as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim

Hans Leibelt

as Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann

Irene von Meyendorff

as Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck

Fritz Kortner

as Mr. P. L. Hoopman

Hilde Hildebrand

as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman

Peter van Eyck

as FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund

Hans Christian Blech

as Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck

Carl Raddatz

as Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande

Arno Assmann

as Ermano, Partner von Conchita

Paul Hörbiger

as Musikclown „The Great Teatch“

Reinhard Kolldehoff

as Funker der Orplid

Camilla Spira

as Pensionswirtin

Blandine Ebinger

as Sekretärin im Auskunftsbüro

Horst Hächler

as Klaus von Werth

Jeanette Schultze

as Lore Bruckmann

Arno Paulsen

as Mr. Hill, ein internationaler Waffenhändler

Rolf von Nauckhoff

as Pastor Johannes Klappstein