# Secret Code LB 17 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Secret_Code_LB_17 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Secret_Code_LB_17.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Code_LB_17 > Source revision: 1356830902 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1938 film directed by Viktor Tourjansky Secret Code LB 17 Directed by Victor Tourjansky Written by Berthold Ebbecke Philipp Lothar Mayring Ludwig Metzger Produced by Otto Lehmann Starring Willy Birgel Hilde Weissner Bernhard Minetti Cinematography Georg Krause Edited by Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz Music by Franz Grothe Production company Terra Film Distributed by Terra Film Release date 7 August 1938 (1938-08-07) Running time 91 minutes Country Germany Language German ***Secret Code LB 17*** (German: ***Geheimzeichen LB 17***) is a 1938 German [thriller film](/source/Thriller_film) directed by [Victor Tourjansky](/source/Victor_Tourjansky) and starring [Willy Birgel](/source/Willy_Birgel), [Hilde Weissner](/source/Hilde_Weissner) and [Bernhard Minetti](/source/Bernhard_Minetti).[1] It was made at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) outside [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Karl Böhm](/source/Karl_B%C3%B6hm_(art_director)) and [Erich Czerwonski](/source/Erich_Czerwonski). ## Synopsis The authorities attempt to track down a terrorist group who have assassinated the Minister of War. They soon begin to suspect they have a traitor in their own ranks. ## Cast - [Willy Birgel](/source/Willy_Birgel) as Captain Arvan Terno - [Hilde Weissner](/source/Hilde_Weissner) as Marya Dusanovich, alias Marja Dusan - [Bernhard Minetti](/source/Bernhard_Minetti) as Club Manager Bjelinski - [Otto Wernicke](/source/Otto_Wernicke) as Police Commissar Borel - [René Deltgen](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Deltgen) as Lieutenant Robby Glawar - [Kirsten Heiberg](/source/Kirsten_Heiberg) as Singer - [Nicolas Koline](/source/Nicolas_Koline) as Drogan, the Commissar's aide - [Herbert Gernot](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herbert_Gernot&action=edit&redlink=1) as Senior Lt. Kowall - [Theodor Loos](/source/Theodor_Loos) as The Prefect of Police - [Karl Günther](/source/Karl_G%C3%BCnther) as Vitruv - the Minister of War - [Fred Beckner](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_Beckner&action=edit&redlink=1) as Marja's Dancing Partner - [Hildegard Busse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegard_Busse&action=edit&redlink=1) as Marja's Guest - [Dima Detoor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dima_Detoor&action=edit&redlink=1) as Minister of War's Staff Officer - [Jac Diehl](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jac_Diehl&action=edit&redlink=1) as Der Bühneninspizient der "Cascade" - [Heinz Dugall](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinz_Dugall&action=edit&redlink=1) as Der Würstchendieb - [Erich Dunskus](/source/Erich_Dunskus) as Bahnbeamter - [Berthold Ebbecke](/source/Berthold_Ebbecke) as Der Adjutant des Kriegsministers - [Max Harry Ernst](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Harry_Ernst&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Gast in der Cascade während der Razzia - [Lucie Euler](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucie_Euler&action=edit&redlink=1) as Anna, Manja Dusans Garderobiere - [Adolf Fischer](/source/Adolf_Fischer_(actor)) as Ein junger Proletarier am Würstchenstand - [Charles Francois](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Fran%C3%A7ois_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Kellner beim Empfang - [Paul Ludwig Frey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Ludwig_Frey&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Gast bei Manja Dusan - [Lothar Geist](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lothar_Geist&action=edit&redlink=1) as Der Zigarettenjunge in der Cascade - [Kurt Getke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Getke&action=edit&redlink=1) as Eisenbahnwärter - [Friedrich Gnaß](/source/Friedrich_Gna%C3%9F) as Ein Telefonist der Aufständigen - [Fred Goebel](/source/Fred_Goebel) as Der Sergeant der Chiffrierzentrale - Die Goldenen Sieben und ihre Symphoniker as Singers - [Paul Hildebrandt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Hildebrandt&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Mitarbeiter des Polizeipräfekten - [Oskar Höcker](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oskar_H%C3%B6cker_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein weiterer Kriminalbeamter - [Karl Jüstel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_J%C3%BCstel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Stabsoffizier beim Kriegsminister - [Alfred Karen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Karen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gast bei Manja Dusan - [Walter Klam](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Klam&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Bühnenarbeiter der Cascade - [Ingolf Kuntze](/source/Ingolf_Kuntze) as Innenminister - [Fred Köster](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_K%C3%B6ster&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Kriminalbeamter bei der Tatortinspektion - [Gustav Mahncke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustav_Mahncke&action=edit&redlink=1) as Der Poriter der Cascade - [Edith Meinel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edith_Meinel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Das Blumenmädchen in der Cascade - [Benno Mueller](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benno_Mueller&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Mann im Postamt - [Hellmuth Passarge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hellmuth_Passarge&action=edit&redlink=1) as Einer der Aufständigen - [Paul Rehkopf](/source/Paul_Rehkopf) as Ein Betrunkener - [Ferry Reich](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferry_Reich&action=edit&redlink=1) as Der Wachhabende der Regimentskanzlei - [Ferdinand Robert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferdinand_Robert&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Gast bei Manja Dusan - [Ernst Rotmund](/source/Ernst_Rotmund) as Der Würstchenverkäufer - [Bert Schmidt-Maris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bert_Schmidt-Maris&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Gast in der Cascade - [Willi Schur](/source/Willi_Schur) as 1. Polizist - [Herbert Spalke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herbert_Spalke&action=edit&redlink=1) as 2. Polizist - [Margot Thilo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margot_Thilo&action=edit&redlink=1) as Marga, Annas Mädchen - [Theodor Thony](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theodor_Thony&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Stabsoffizier beim Kriegsminister - [Otz Tollen](/source/Otz_Tollen) as Ein General, Mitarbeiter des Kriegsministers - [Jens von Hagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jens_von_Hagen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gast bei Manja Dusan - [Eduard Wenck](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Wenck&action=edit&redlink=1) as Der Stationsvorsteher - [Max Wilmsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Wilmsen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Der Angestellte im Postamt - [Willy Witte](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willy_Witte&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ein Gast in der "Cascade" ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Noack p.157 ## Bibliography - Noack, Frank. *Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker*. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. ## External links - [*Secret Code LB 17*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136214/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films by Victor Tourjansky The Masked Woman (1924) That Scoundrel Morin (1924) Prince Charming (1925) Michel Strogoff (1926) Tempest (1928) The Adventurer (1928) Volga Volga (1928) Manolescu (1929) The Eaglet (1931) The Duke of Reichstadt (1931) The Unknown Singer (1931) Student's Hotel (1932) The Orderly (1933) Volga in Flames (1934) The Battle (1934) Dark Eyes (1935) The World's in Love (1935) La Peur (1936) City of Anatol (1936) Wells in Flames (1937) The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937) Faded Melody (1938) Secret Code LB 17 (1938) The Blue Fox (1938) The Postmaster's Daughter (1938) The Governor (1939) A Woman Like You (1939) Enemies (1940) The Chaste Beloved (1940) Illusion (1941) Love Stories (1943) Tonelli (1943) Orient Express (1944) Three Times Comedy (1945) The Blue Straw Hat (1949) The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950) Chased by the Devil (1950) Marriage for One Night (1953) Salto Mortale (1953) Arlette Conquers Paris (1953) Daybreak (1954) Island of the Dead (1955) The Royal Waltz (1955) The Goddess of Love (1957) Heart Without Mercy (1958) Herod the Great (1959) Prisoner of the Volga (1959) The Cossacks (1960) The Pharaohs' Woman (1960) The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961) A Queen for Caesar (1962) This article related to a German film of the 1930s is a stub. 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