Invisible Opponent

{{short description|1933 film}} {{For|the 1977 film|Invisible Adversaries}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Invisible Opponent | image = Invisible Opponent.jpg | caption = | director = [[Rudolph Cartier]] | producer = [[Sam Spiegel]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Philipp Lothar Mayring]]|[[Heinrich Oberländer]]|[[Reinhart Steinbicker]]|[[Ludwig von Wohl]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Gerda Maurus]]|[[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]]|[[Oskar Homolka]]}} | music = [[Rudolph Schwarz (composer)|Rudolph Schwarz]] | cinematography = [[Georg Bruckbauer]] <br> [[Eugen Schüfftan]] | editing = {{ubl|[[Rudi Fehr]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing |chapter=Rudi Fehr |first=Vincent |last=LoBrutto |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=1991 |isbn=9780275933951 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IIoK9au88v8C&pg=PA29 |page=29}}</ref>|[[Rudolf Schaad]]}} | studio = {{ubl|[[Sascha-Verleih]]|[[Pan-Film]]|Robert Müller Filmproduktion}} | distributor = Märkische Film (Germany) | released = {{Film date|1933|09|18|df=yes}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = {{ubl|Austria|Germany}} | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Invisible Opponent''''' ({{langx|de|'''Unsichtbare Gegner'''}}) is a 1933 German-Austrian [[drama film]] directed by [[Rudolph Cartier]] and starring [[Gerda Maurus]], [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]], and [[Oskar Homolka]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Erwin Scharf (art director)|Erwin Scharf]]. The film was made at the [[Sievering Studios]] in [[Vienna]]. The critics were not generally impressed with the film, with the ''[[Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung]]'' describing it as an "unbelievable and unbelievably awful picture".<ref>Youngkin p.80</ref>

A separate French-language version ''[[The Oil Sharks]]'' was also released.<ref>Youngkin p.466</ref>

==Synopsis== The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.

==Cast== * [[Gerda Maurus]] as Sybil Herford * [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]] as Peter Ugron * [[Oskar Homolka]] as James Godfrey * [[Peter Lorre]] as Henry Pless * [[Paul Kemp (actor)|Paul Kemp]] as Hans Mertens * [[Raoul Aslan]] as J. Delmonte * [[Leonard Steckel]] as Santos * [[H. Kyser]] as Sir Thomas * [[Eva Schmid-Kayser]] as Eva Ugron * [[Jaro Fürth]] * [[John Mylong]] * [[Otto Schmöle]] * [[Franke (actor)|Franke]] * [[Maria Holst]] * [[Josef Rehberger]] * [[Wilhelm Stauffen]] * [[Mihail Xantho]]

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Youngkin, Stephen. ''The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre''. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0024723|Unsichtbare Gegner}}

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