# Red Orchids > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Red_Orchids > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Red_Orchids.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Orchids > Source revision: 1341584520 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1938 film Red Orchids Directed by Nunzio Malasomma Written by Kurt Heuser Philipp Lothar Mayring Harald G. Petersson Starring Olga Chekhova Albrecht Schoenhals Camilla Horn Herbert Hübner Cinematography Franz Koch Edited by Alexandra Anatra Music by Franz Grothe Production company Fabrikation Deutscher Filme Distributed by UFA (United States) Release date 8 September 1938 (1938-09-08) Running time 86 minutes Country Nazi Germany Language German ***Red Orchids*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Rote Orchideen***) is a 1938 German [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Nunzio Malasomma](/source/Nunzio_Malasomma), starring [Olga Chekhova](/source/Olga_Chekhova), [Albrecht Schoenhals](/source/Albrecht_Schoenhals) and [Camilla Horn](/source/Camilla_Horn).[1] ## Cast - [Olga Chekhova](/source/Olga_Chekhova) as Maria Dorando - [Albrecht Schoenhals](/source/Albrecht_Schoenhals) as Alexander Nica, Ingenieur - [Camilla Horn](/source/Camilla_Horn) as Baronin Ogolenska - [Herbert Hübner](/source/Herbert_H%C3%BCbner) as Professor Castro - [Paul Westermeier](/source/Paul_Westermeier) as Reno, Diener bei Castro - [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) as Bob - [Walter Janssen](/source/Walter_Janssen) as Moras, Inspektor der FNG.-Werke - [Ursula Herking](/source/Ursula_Herking) as Jessie, Maria Dorandos Freundin - [Alfred Döderlein](/source/Alfred_D%C3%B6derlein) as Laurenz / Ingenieur / Nicas Mitarbeiter - [Hans Nielsen](/source/Hans_Nielsen_(actor)) as Antonio, Marias Bruder - [Walter Steinbeck](/source/Walter_Steinbeck) as Der Intendant - [Hermann Pfeiffer](/source/Hermann_Pfeiffer_(actor)) as Alfonso - [Ekkehard Arendt](/source/Ekkehard_Arendt) as 1. Schutzmann - [Günther Brackmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=G%C3%BCnther_Brackmann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Boy - [Gaston Briese](/source/Gaston_Briese) as Herr im Auto - [Angelo Ferrari](/source/Angelo_Ferrari) as Gilbert - [Hans Halden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Halden&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bruns, Nachtwächter der FNG.-Werke - [Gustav Mahncke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustav_Mahncke&action=edit&redlink=1) as Portier der Oper - [Hermann Meyer-Falkow](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hermann_Meyer-Falkow&action=edit&redlink=1) as Zollbeamter - [Kurt Mikulski](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Mikulski&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bahnsteigschaffner - [Seraj Munir](/source/Seraj_Munir) as 1. Diener bei Castro - [Gustav Püttjer](/source/Gustav_P%C3%BCttjer) as 2. Nachtwächter der FNG.-Werke - [Joachim Rake](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joachim_Rake&action=edit&redlink=1) as 2. Schutzmann - [Else Reval](/source/Else_Reval) as Dame im Auto - [Willi Schaeffers](/source/Willi_Schaeffers) as Schlafwagenschaffner - [Hans Schneider](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Schneider_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as 2.Diener bei Castro - [Arnulf Schroder](/source/Arnulf_Schroder) as Untersuchungsrichter - [Hanns Waschatko](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanns_Waschatko&action=edit&redlink=1) as 3. Diener bei Castro - [Jens von Hagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jens_von_Hagen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Phillips - [Michael von Newlinsky](/source/Michael_von_Newlinsky) as Bela - [Herta Worell](/source/Herta_Worell) - [Bruno Ziener](/source/Bruno_Ziener) - [Borwin Walth](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Borwin_Walth&action=edit&redlink=1) - [F.W. Schröder-Schrom](/source/F.W._Schr%C3%B6der-Schrom) - [Werner Pledath](/source/Werner_Pledath) - [Edith Meinhard](/source/Edith_Meinhard) - [Charly Huber](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charly_Huber&action=edit&redlink=1) - [William Huch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Huch&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Charles Willy Kayser](/source/Charles_Willy_Kayser) - [Kurt Keller-Nebri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Keller-Nebri&action=edit&redlink=1) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 485 ## Bibliography - [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-57181-655-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-655-9). ## External links - [*Red Orchids*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030699/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Mister Radio (1924) One Minute to Twelve (1925) The King and the Girl (1925) One Against All (1927) Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928) The Call of the North (1929) The Son of the White Mountain (1930) The Man with the Claw (1931) The Opera Singer (1932) The Telephone Operator (1932) The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934) I Don't Know You Anymore (1936) Lohengrin (1936) Red Orchids (1938) The Night of Decision (1938) The Secret Lie (1938) Woman Without a Past (1939) Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940) Scampolo (1941) Torrents of Spring (1942) Two Suffer Better Than One (1943) The White Devil (1947) The Devil in the Convent (1950) Four Red Roses (1951) This article related to a German film of the 1930s is a stub. 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