{{Infobox film | name = The Brenken Case | image = The Brenken Case.jpg | caption = | director = [[Carl Lamac]] | producer = Eduard van Meghen | based_on = | writer = {{ubl|Peter Ort|[[Henry Koster]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Walter Steinbeck]]|[[Hans Brausewetter]]|[[Rudolf Klein-Rogge]]}} | music = [[Eduard Künneke]] | cinematography = [[Karl Hasselmann]] | editing = [[Fritz C. Mauch]] | studio = Westdeutsche Tonfilm-Produktion | distributor = Otzoup Film | released = {{Film date|1934|10|12|df=yes}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Brenken Case''''' (German: '''''Der Fall Brenken''''') is a 1934 German [[comedy film|comedy]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Carl Lamac]] and starring [[Walter Steinbeck]], [[Hans Brausewetter]] and [[Rudolf Klein-Rogge]].<ref>Noack p.73</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Gustav A. Knauer]] and [[Alexander Mügge]].

==Synopsis== An attack on the industrialist owner of the Brenken factory draws newspaper headlines. It later transpires that he has organised it himself in order to try to deter rivals from buying his company's shares on the stock exchange.

==Cast== * [[Walter Steinbeck]] as Generaldirektor Hermann Brenken, Industrieller * [[Hans Brausewetter]] as Hans Hall, Berichterstatter * [[Rudolf Klein-Rogge]] as Bert Benson, Artist * [[Genia Nikolaieva]] as Inge Brandt, Schauspielerin * [[Jessie Vihrog]] as Lotte Menzig, Telephonistin * [[Trude Hesterberg]] as Fräulein Bomst, Direktrice Gussersee-Hotel * [[Franz Weber (actor)|Franz Weber]] as Alois Huber, Nachtportier Gussersee-Hotel * Hans Berghaus as Der Tagportier Gussersee-Hotel * [[Veit Harlan]] as Der Unbekannte * [[Adele Sandrock]] as Die Frau Generalin

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0025097}}

{{Karel Lamač}}

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