Der Verlorene (1951)

Director:

Peter Lorre

Writers:

Peter Lorre (novel)
Peter Lorre (screenplay)
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Release Date:

7 September 1951 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | War | Crime

Plot:

German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Assumed Identity | World Weariness | Nazi | Suicide

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Peter Lorre	...	Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
Karl John	...	Hösch, alias Nowak
Helmuth Rudolph	...	Colonel Winkler (as Helmut Rudolph)
Johanna Hofer	...	Frau Hermann
Renate Mannhardt	...	Inge Hermann
Eva Ingeborg Scholz	...	Ursula Weber (as Eva-Ingeborg Scholz)
Lotte Rausch	...	Woman on Train
Gisela Trowe	...	Prostitute
Hansi Wendler	...	Secretary
Kurt Meister	...	Preefke
Alexander Hunzinger	...	Drunk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Ahrweiler	...	Oberstleutnant Marquardt (uncredited)
Josef Dahmen	...	Lieske, canteen bartender (uncredited)
Helmut Eichberg	...	Oberstleutnant Bydersahn (uncredited)
Hans Fitz	...	Barkeeper (uncredited)
Kurt Fuß	...	Baldheaded Man (uncredited)
Joachim Hess	...	Leutnant (uncredited)
Richard Münch	...	Criminal Inspector #1 (uncredited)
Hans Schmitz	...	Paschke (uncredited)
Georg Siebert	...	Blaschek (uncredited)
Frauke Stephan	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Horst von Otto	...	Criminal Inspector #2 (uncredited)
Anneliese Witt	...	Polish woman (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Lorre

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Axel Eggebrecht		screenplay
Helmut Käutner		additional material (uncredited)
Peter Lorre		novel
Peter Lorre		screenplay
Benno Vigny		screenplay

Produced by
Arnold Pressburger	....	producer

Original Music by
Willy Schmidt-Gentner		(as Willi Schmidt-Gentner)

Cinematography by
Václav Vích		(as Vaclav Vich)

Film Editing by
Carl Otto Bartning		(as C.O. Bartning)

Art Direction by
Franz Schroedter

Production Management
Heinz Abel	....	production director
Curt Berg	....	production manager (as K. Berg)
Heinz Karchow	....	production manager (as H. Karchow)
Georg Siebert	....	production manager (as G. Siebert)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl Otto Bartning	....	assistant director (as C.O. Bartning)

Sound Department
Michael B. Müller	....	sound (as M. Müller)
Werner Schlagge	....	sound (as W. Schlagge)

Other crew
Martin Johnston	....	subtitler: English (video version)
Hannelore Miersch	....	subtitler: English (video version)

Production Companies

• Arnold Pressburger Filmproduktion

Distributors

• National-Filmverleih GmbH (1951) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
• Pressburger Films (1984) (USA) (subtitled)
• Video Search of Miami (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Company:

Arnold Pressburger Filmproduktion

Movie Connections:

Featured in Displaced Person - Peter Lorre und sein Film 'Der Verlorene' (2007) (V)

A film to dream about it.

DER VERLORENE is one of these films that at first seemed to me very confusing and brought me the sensation "i am not following...".I rated it 8 out of 10 mainly because of the wonderful film-noir atmosphere,the black and white photograph,the very well filmed scenes on the streets of "old" Hamburg and ,above all,the extraordinary last minutes.

Then,time passed and months later ,i still have that strange feeling in my mind ,i have been dreaming with that loneness and absurd madness of the main character-the doctor played by Peter Lorre.So i decided to include DER VERLORENE amongst my personal list of best films ever and change my vote to 10 out of 10.

Sometimes a good work of art takes its necessary time to mature as a good wine!.In my humble opinion that is the case of this film.