# Invisible Opponent

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1933 film

For the 1977 film, see [Invisible Adversaries](/source/Invisible_Adversaries).

Invisible Opponent Directed by Rudolph Cartier Written by Philipp Lothar Mayring Heinrich Oberländer Reinhart Steinbicker Ludwig von Wohl Produced by Sam Spiegel Starring Gerda Maurus Paul Hartmann Oskar Homolka Cinematography Georg Bruckbauer Eugen Schüfftan Edited by Rudi Fehr[1] Rudolf Schaad Music by Rudolph Schwarz Production companies Sascha-Verleih Pan-Film Robert Müller Filmproduktion Distributed by Märkische Film (Germany) Release date 18 September 1933 (1933-09-18) Running time 87 minutes Countries Austria Germany Language German

***Invisible Opponent*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Unsichtbare Gegner***) is a 1933 German-Austrian [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Rudolph Cartier](/source/Rudolph_Cartier) and starring [Gerda Maurus](/source/Gerda_Maurus), [Paul Hartmann](/source/Paul_Hartmann_(actor)), and [Oskar Homolka](/source/Oskar_Homolka). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Erwin Scharf](/source/Erwin_Scharf_(art_director)). The film was made at the [Sievering Studios](/source/Sievering_Studios) in [Vienna](/source/Vienna). The critics were not generally impressed with the film, with the *[Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung](/source/Deutsche_Allgemeine_Zeitung)* describing it as an "unbelievable and unbelievably awful picture".[2]

A separate French-language version *[The Oil Sharks](/source/The_Oil_Sharks)* was also released.[3]

## Synopsis

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

## Cast

- [Gerda Maurus](/source/Gerda_Maurus) as Sybil Herford

- [Paul Hartmann](/source/Paul_Hartmann_(actor)) as Peter Ugron

- [Oskar Homolka](/source/Oskar_Homolka) as James Godfrey

- [Peter Lorre](/source/Peter_Lorre) as Henry Pless

- [Paul Kemp](/source/Paul_Kemp_(actor)) as Hans Mertens

- [Raoul Aslan](/source/Raoul_Aslan) as J. Delmonte

- [Leonard Steckel](/source/Leonard_Steckel) as Santos

- [H. Kyser](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H._Kyser&action=edit&redlink=1) as Sir Thomas

- [Eva Schmid-Kayser](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Schmid-Kayser&action=edit&redlink=1) as Eva Ugron

- [Jaro Fürth](/source/Jaro_F%C3%BCrth)

- [John Mylong](/source/John_Mylong)

- [Otto Schmöle](/source/Otto_Schm%C3%B6le)

- [Franke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franke_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Maria Holst](/source/Maria_Holst)

- [Josef Rehberger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josef_Rehberger&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Wilhelm Stauffen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm_Stauffen&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Mihail Xantho](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mihail_Xantho&action=edit&redlink=1)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** LoBrutto, Vincent (1991). ["Rudi Fehr"](https://books.google.com/books?id=IIoK9au88v8C&pg=PA29). *Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing*. ABC-CLIO. p. 29. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780275933951](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780275933951).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Youngkin p.80

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Youngkin p.466

## Bibliography

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

## External links

- [*Unsichtbare Gegner*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024723/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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