The Deruga Case (1938)
Der Fall Deruga
The physician Dr. Deruga is suspected of having poisoned his wife out of greed. She died after naming Deruga, poor and in debt, the sole heir in her will. There are a lot of people willing to testify against him in court, including Marta, the dead woman's best friend. Only his niece Mingo believes him to be innocent and goes out on her own to prove it.
- Date of release
- 1938-09-21
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Fritz Peter Buch
Casting
- Willy Birgel — Dr. Stefan Deruga
- Dagny Servaes — Baronin Truschkowitz
- Georg Alexander — Baron Truschkowitz
- Käthe Haack — Marta Schwertfeger
- Paul Bildt — Landgerichtsvorsitzender Dr. Zeunemann
- Erika von Thellmann — Therese Klinkhardt
- Fritz Odemar — Hofrat Dr. Mäulchen
- Beppo Brem — Friseur Alfinger
- Josefine Dora — Garderobiere
- Edith Meinhard — Serviererin
- Geraldine Katt — Baroness Mingo Truschkowitz
- Claire Winter — Ursula Züger
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