Gold in New Frisco is a 1939 German adventure film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Hans Söhnker, Alexander Golling, and Otto Wernicke. It was one of a number of western-themed films made in Germany during the late 1930s including Sergeant Berry, Water for Canitoga, and The Kaiser of California.[1] It was popular enough to be rereleased in 1949.
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Directed by | Paul Verhoeven |
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Edited by | Gottlieb Madl |
Music by | Norbert Schultze |
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Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber.
Cast
edit- Hans Söhnker as Frank Norton
- Alexander Golling as Jim de Lacy
- Otto Wernicke as Jonathan Pepper
- Anni Markart as Dolly Pepper
- Gustav Waldau as Burtons
- Ellen Frank as Kitty Burtons
- Hilde Jansen as Doris Burton
- Walter Lantzsch as Bronson
- Paul Westermeier as Watson
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Stones
- Carl Wery as McKinley
- Ernst Martens as Forges
- Alfons Teuber as Jack McGrather
- Gerhard Bienert as Ferguson
- Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Dickson
- Walter Pose as Spencer
- Danny Guertler as Miller
- Franz Loskarn as Blodd
- Reinhold Lütjohann as Henry Manning
- Josef Eichheim as Mick
References
edit- ^ O'Brien p. 99
Bibliography
edit- O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth (2004). Nazi Cinema as Enchantment. The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Rochester, NY: Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-283-3.
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