Secret of the Blue Room (1932 film)

Secret of the Blue Room (German: Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers) is a 1932 German mystery film directed by Erich Engels and starring Theodor Loos, Else Elster and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.[2]

Secret of the Blue Room
Directed by	Erich Engels
Produced by	Erich Engels[1]
Screenplay by	Arnold Lippschitz[1]
Starring	Theodor Loos Else Elster Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Music by	Heinz Letton[1]
Cinematography	Hugo von Kaweczynski[1]
Edited by	Paul May[1]
Production company	Engels & Schmidt Tonfilm[1]
Distributed by	Engels & Schmidt Tonfilm[1]
Release date	13 December 1932 (1932-12-13) (Berlin) [1]
Running time	73 minutes[1]
Country	Germany[1]

The film began shooting on October 28, 1932 at Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.[1]

It was remade by Universal Studios in the United States as The Secret of the Blue Room.[3]

Cast

• Theodor Loos as Robert von Hellberg
• Else Elster as Irene von Hellberg
• Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Marineoffizier Axel Brinck
• Wolfgang Staudte as Frank Färber
• Peter Wolff as Thomas Brandt
• Oskar Sima as Kriminalkommissar Schuster
• Gerhard Dammann as Kriminalbeamter Krüger
• Paul Henckels as Diener Paul
• Betty Bird as Zofe Betty
• Reinhold Bernt as Chauffeur Max
• Bernhard Goetzke as Fremder
• Else Wunsch as Dienstmädchen Marie

References

1. "Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers". Filmportal.de. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
2. Bock & Bergfelder 2009, p. 193.
3. Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 76.

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (2009). The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2974-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Secret of the Blue Room on IMDb