Chased by the Devil

{{One source | date = September 2021 }}{{short description|1950 film directed by Viktor Tourjansky}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Chased by the Devil | image =Chased by the Devil.jpg | caption = | director = [[Viktor Tourjansky]] | producer = [[Georg Witt]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Emil Burri]]|[[Victor De Fast]]|Viktor Tourjansky}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Hans Albers]]|[[Willy Birgel]]|[[Lil Dagover]]|[[Maria Holst]]}} | music = [[Franz Grothe]] | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Josef Illig]]|[[Franz Koch (cinematographer)|Franz Koch]]}} | editing = [[Lisbeth Neumann]] | studio = {{ubl|Albers Tourjansky-Film|[[Bavaria Film]]}} | distributor = Bavaria Film | released = {{film date|1950|10|24|df=y}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Chased by the Devil''''' ({{langx|de|'''Vom Teufel gejagt'''}}) is a 1950 [[West Germany|West German]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Viktor Tourjansky]] and starring [[Hans Albers]], [[Willy Birgel]] and [[Lil Dagover]].<ref>Hake p. 224</ref>

It was shot at the [[Bavaria Studios]] in [[Munich]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around the city. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Franz Bi]] and [[Botho Hoefer]].

==Plot== A doctor discovers a new medical cure with dangerous side effects, and takes the drug himself to test its limitations.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Hans Albers]] as Dr. Blank * [[Willy Birgel]] as Dr. Fingal * [[Lil Dagover]] as Frau Dakar * [[Maria Holst]] as Dr. Cora Berndsen * [[Heidemarie Hatheyer]] as Maria Hendrix * [[Alexander Golling]] as Martin Karper * [[Heinrich Gretler]] as Paul Hendrix * [[Joseph Offenbach]] as Kommissar Beerbohm * [[Otto Wernicke]] as Herr Dakar *[[Walter Janssen]] *[[Herbert Kroll]] *[[Georg Lehn]] *[[Karl Schaidler]] * [[Arnulf Schroder]] * [[Fritz Benscher]] *[[Harald Mannl]] * [[Edith Schultze-Westrum]] as Schwester Grete * [[Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur]] as Professor Schmederlein * [[Wolf Harro]] as Zollbeamter * [[Alfons Kiechle]] as Zollinspektor * [[Peter Russ]] as Pfleger 1 * [[Dietrich Thoms]] as Pfleger 2 }}

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * {{cite book | last = Hake | first = Sabine | title = Popular Cinema of the Third Reich | publisher = University of Texas Press | year = 2001 | location = Austin | isbn = 978-0-292-73458-6}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0043110}}

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