Commissioner Eyck Explained

Commissioner Eyck
Director:	Milo Harbich
Producer:	Ulrich Mohrbutter
Editing:	Johanna Meisel
Studio:	UFA
Distributor:	UFA
Runtime:	87 minutes
Country:	Germany

Commissioner Eyck (German: '''Kriminalkommissar Eyck''') is a 1940 German crime film directed by Milo Harbich and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Paul Klinger and Herbert Wilk.^[1] It was shot at Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place in Bavaria.

Synopsis

A Berlin detective's holiday is interrupted by a murder at the winter sports hotel he is staying at. Before long he is on the trail of a gang of international criminals.

Cast

• Anneliese Uhlig as Barbara Sydow
• Paul Klinger as Günter Eyck, Kriminalkommissar
• Herbert Wilk as Hans Brandner, Kriminalkommissar
• Hansjoachim Büttner as Gorgas
• Alexander Engel as van Fliet
• Änne Bruck as Inge Brandner
• Lina Carstens as Mrs. Filter
• Fritz Eckert as Farmer
• Andrews Engelmann as Gustafson
• Lothar Geist as Page
• Alfred Haase as Jeweller
• Knut Hartwig as Schröder
• Herbert Hübner as Hauber
• Karl Jüstel as Dancer
• Dorit Kreysler as Mrs. Gustafson
• Walter Kunkel as Van Fliet's employer
• Walter Lieck as Jonny
• Karl-Heinz Peters as Rapper
• Arthur Reppert as Barman
• Just Scheu as Gren
• Egon Stief as Ganove
• Max Vierlinger as Criminal assistant
• Rudolf Vones as Passant
• Irmgard Willers as Chambermaid
• Willy Witte as Barman

Bibliography

• Moeller, Felix. The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Axel Menges, 2000.

Notes and References

1. Moeller p. 32