1939 film
The Green Emperor Directed by Paul Mundorf Written by Produced by Karl Schulz Starring Cinematography Willy Winterstein Edited by Axel von Werner Music by Hans Ebert Production
Distributed by UFA Release date
13 February 1939 (1939-02-13 ) Running time
88 minutes Country Germany Language German Budget 541,000 Reichsmarks
The Green Emperor German : Der grüne Kaiser crime film directed by Paul Mundorf and starring Gustav Diessl , Carola Höhn and René Deltgen . It was inspired by the real-life case of a Belgian financier who had gone missing during a flight across the English Channel .[ 1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut . Location shooting took place in the countryside outside Berlin during 1938. It premiered in Vienna in February 1939.
Synopsis
A shady British businessmen frames his pilot for his staged murder. After being released from prison, the pilot attempts to track down his former employer who is still alive.
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