Blocked Signals
- Edith Hamann
- Eberhard Keindorff
- Wolf Neumeister [de]
- Helmuth Schönnenbeck
- Heidi Kürschner
- Heinz Engelmann
- Wolfgang Lukschy
company
- 17 December 1948 (1948-12-17)
Blocked Signals (German: Blockierte Signale) is a 1948 German thriller film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Heidi Kürschner, Heinz Engelmann, and Wolfgang Lukschy.[1]
Plot
The story takes place in the port of Hamburg in 1947. The manager of a transport company is found dead, he has been murdered. The police investigation revealed that sinister business was being transacted through the company: Drugs and medicines in particular were trafficked or smuggled. The traffickers prove to be tough as nails in carrying out their unlawful activities. The young helmsman Klaus Kröger also feels this when he gets involved in the affair. But who is behind these machinations, who is the head of the gang? Bruno Kalpak and the forwarder Löllgen come under suspicion. Finally, the late returnee Kröger becomes active on his own initiative and helps the investigating police inspector Ostendorff to dig out the entire gang when the latter is about to rob an entire freight train on the banks of the Elbe. The murderer also falls into the clutches of the police.
Background
Blocked Signals was created in the film studios of Hamburg-Volksdorf and Hamburg-Ohlstedt as well as in the port of Hamburg (outdoor shots). The film passed the Allied film censors in December 1948 and premiered on December 17, 1948 in Göttingen. The Berlin premiere took place on September 16, 1949 in the west of the city.
Friedrich Kurth took over the production management. Peter Röhrig designed the film structures.
Cast
- Heidi Kürschner as Mary-Ann
- Heinz Engelmann as Klaus Kröger, Steuermann
- Wolfgang Lukschy as Bruno Kalpak
- Walter Franck as Löllgen, Spediteur
- Carl Voscherau as Brinkmann
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Der Baron
- Hilla Höfer as "Bulli"—Frau Garfs
- S.O. Schoening as Garfs
- Helmuth Rudolph as Ostendorff, the police inspector
- Hans Richter as Ostendorff's assistant
- Horst Beck as Assistant Franke
- Hans Kettler as Maraun
- K. Kramer as Jensen
- Konrad Mayerhoff as Petrowitsch
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 305
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
- Blocked Signals at IMDb
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