Story :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".
Cast
Horst CasparReporter Peter Zabel
Bettina MoissiLeata
O.E. HasseChefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
Hans LeibeltCheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
Irene von MeyendorffConchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
Fritz KortnerMr. P. L. Hoopman
Hilde HildebrandMrs. Eleanor Hoopman
Peter van EyckFBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
Hans Christian BlechBräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
Carl RaddatzPianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
Arno AssmannErmano, Partner von Conchita
Paul HörbigerMusikclown „The Great Teatch“
Reinhard KolldehoffFunker der Orplid
Camilla SpiraPensionswirtin
Blandine EbingerSekretärin im Auskunftsbüro
Horst HächlerKlaus von Werth
Jeanette SchultzeLore Bruckmann
Arno PaulsenMr. Hill, ein internationaler Waffenhändler