Central Rio

{{Infobox film | name = Central Rio | image = Central Rio.jpg | caption = | director = [[Erich Engels]] | producer = [[Otto Lehmann (movie producer)|Otto Lehmann]] | writer = [[Berthold Ebbecke]] <br> [[Ludwig Metzger]] | based_on = {{based on|''...schoß Chiquita?''|Rolf Dortenwald}} | narrator = | starring = [[Leny Marenbach]] <br> [[Camilla Horn]] <br> [[Ita Rina]] | music = [[Werner Eisbrenner]] | cinematography = [[Walter Pindter]] | editing = [[Alice Ludwig]] | studio = [[Terra Film]] | distributor = Terra Film | released = {{Film date|1939|10|05|df=yes}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Central Rio''''' (German: '''''Zentrale Rio''''') is a 1939 German [[crime film]] directed by [[Erich Engels]] and starring [[Leny Marenbach]], [[Camilla Horn]] and [[Ita Rina]].<ref>Noack p.157</ref>

The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Willi Herrmann]]. It was shot at the [[Terra Studios]] in [[Berlin]] and [[location shooting|on location]] in [[Hamburg]].

==Synopsis== A German woman's husband has been missing for years and is presumed dead. Then she receives information that is alive and living in [[Brazil]]. She resolves to travel to [[Rio de Janeiro]] to find out the truth.

==Cast== * [[Leny Marenbach]] as Maria Halmborg * [[Camilla Horn]] as Diane Mercier * [[Ita Rina]] as Chiquita Salieri * [[Werner Fuetterer]] as Michael Wenk * [[Iván Petrovich]] as Ricardo Perez * [[Hans Zesch-Ballot]] as Kommissar Dossa * [[Leo Peukert]] as Kommissar Gaveira * [[Paul Hoffmann (actor)|Paul Hoffmann]] as Marquez Cabana * [[Reinhold Bernt]] as Sergeant Carmo * [[Axel Monjé]] as Sergeant Gonzaga * [[Käte Kühl]] as Bonita * [[Walther Süssenguth]] as Schmuggler * [[Marianne Simson]] as Solotänzerin * [[Else Ehser]] as Garderobiere * Helmut Egiomue as Hotelboy Chico * [[Rudi Schuricke]] as Sänger

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. * Tegel, Susan. ''Jew Suss: Life, Legend, Fiction, Film''. A&C Black, 2011.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0142012}}

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