# The Brenken Case > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Brenken_Case > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Brenken_Case.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brenken_Case > Source revision: 1341599793 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1934 German film The Brenken Case Directed by Carl Lamac Written by Peter Ort Henry Koster Produced by Eduard van Meghen Starring Walter Steinbeck Hans Brausewetter Rudolf Klein-Rogge Cinematography Karl Hasselmann Edited by Fritz C. Mauch Music by Eduard Künneke Production company Westdeutsche Tonfilm-Produktion Distributed by Otzoup Film Release date 12 October 1934 (1934-10-12) Running time 88 minutes Country Germany Language German ***The Brenken Case*** (German: ***Der Fall Brenken***) is a 1934 German [comedy](/source/Comedy_film) [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Carl Lamac](/source/Carl_Lamac) and starring [Walter Steinbeck](/source/Walter_Steinbeck), [Hans Brausewetter](/source/Hans_Brausewetter) and [Rudolf Klein-Rogge](/source/Rudolf_Klein-Rogge).[1] The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Gustav A. Knauer](/source/Gustav_A._Knauer) and [Alexander Mügge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_M%C3%BCgge&action=edit&redlink=1). ## 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](/source/Walter_Steinbeck) as Generaldirektor Hermann Brenken, Industrieller - [Hans Brausewetter](/source/Hans_Brausewetter) as Hans Hall, Berichterstatter - [Rudolf Klein-Rogge](/source/Rudolf_Klein-Rogge) as Bert Benson, Artist - [Genia Nikolaieva](/source/Genia_Nikolaieva) as Inge Brandt, Schauspielerin - [Jessie Vihrog](/source/Jessie_Vihrog) as Lotte Menzig, Telephonistin - [Trude Hesterberg](/source/Trude_Hesterberg) as Fräulein Bomst, Direktrice Gussersee-Hotel - [Franz Weber](/source/Franz_Weber_(actor)) as Alois Huber, Nachtportier Gussersee-Hotel - Hans Berghaus as Der Tagportier Gussersee-Hotel - [Veit Harlan](/source/Veit_Harlan) as Der Unbekannte - [Adele Sandrock](/source/Adele_Sandrock) as Die Frau Generalin ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Noack p.73 ## Bibliography - Noack, Frank. *Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker*. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. ## External links - [*The Brenken Case*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025097/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Karel Lamač Gilly in Prague for the First Time (1920) White Paradise (1924) Karel Havlíček Borovský (1925) The Lantern (1925) The Countess from Podskalí (1926) Never the Twain (1926) Eve's Daughters (1928) Suzy Saxophone (1928) The First Kiss (1928) The Girl with the Whip (1929) Sin of a Beautiful Woman (1929) Sinful and Sweet (1929) The Caviar Princess (1930) Fairground People (1930) Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930) Him and His Sister (1931) The Squeaker (1931) Business Under Distress (1931) Die Fledermaus (1931) The Cruel Mistress (1932) The Undertaker (1932) A Night in Paradise (1932) Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) Kiki (1932) Should We Wed Them? (1932) Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932) Mamsell Nitouche (1932) The Ringer (1932) The Love Hotel (1933) Daughter of the Regiment (1933) Little Dorrit (1934) Nezlobte dědečka (1934) The Switched Bride (1934) The Brenken Case (1934) Polish Blood (1934) Frasquita (1934) I Love All the Women (1935) Knockout (1935) The Young Count (1935) The White Horse Inn (1935) The Bashful Casanova (1936) The Postman from Longjumeau (1936) Where the Lark Sings (1936) Florentine (1937) A Girl from the Chorus (1937) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) Cause for Divorce (1937) The Vagabonds (1937) The Lantern (1938) Ducháček Will Fix It (1938) Place de la Concorde (1939) Schweik's New Adventures (1943) They Met in the Dark (1943) It Happened One Sunday (1944) One Night at the Tabarin (1947) The Thief of Bagdad (1952) This article related to a German comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Brenken Case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brenken_Case) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brenken_Case?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.