# The Daredevil

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1931 film directed by Richard Eichberg

This article is about the 1931 German film. For similar uses, see [Daredevil](/source/Daredevil_(disambiguation)).

The Daredevil Directed by Richard Eichberg Written by Franz Höllering (novel) Joseph Than Richard Eichberg Produced by Richard Eichberg Joseph Than Starring Hans Albers Gerda Maurus Mártha Eggerth Cinematography Heinrich Gartner Bruno Mondi Edited by Willy Zeunert Music by Hans May Production company Richard Eichberg-Film Distributed by Süd-Film Release date 26 November 1931 (1931-11-26) Running time 92 minutes Country Germany Language German

***The Daredevil*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der Draufgänger***) is a 1931 German [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Richard Eichberg](/source/Richard_Eichberg) and starring [Hans Albers](/source/Hans_Albers), [Gerda Maurus](/source/Gerda_Maurus) and [Mártha Eggerth](/source/M%C3%A1rtha_Eggerth).[1]

The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_directors) [Hans Minzloff](/source/Hans_Minzloff) and [Jacek Rotmil](/source/Jacek_Rotmil). It was shot [on location](/source/Location_filming) in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) and at the [Johannisthal Studios](/source/Johannisthal_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). Eichberg's [assistant director](/source/Assistant_director) was [Géza von Cziffra](/source/G%C3%A9za_von_Cziffra).

## Synopsis

A [Port of Hamburg](/source/Port_of_Hamburg) policeman, known by his colleagues as "The Daredevil" because of his propensity for action, rescues a young woman from the water. She appears to be connected with an American millionaire whose yacht is cruising off shore.

## Cast

- [Hans Albers](/source/Hans_Albers) as Hans Röder, Hafenpolizist

- [Sigurd Lohde](/source/Sigurd_Lohde) as Fred Patterson, ein reicher Amerikaner

- [Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](/source/Ernst_Stahl-Nachbaur) as George Brown aka Mac Born

- [Gerda Maurus](/source/Gerda_Maurus) as Gloria - seine Freundin

- [Mártha Eggerth](/source/M%C3%A1rtha_Eggerth) as Trude, Animierreiterin

- [Fritz Klippel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fritz_Klippel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Parker, Browns Komplize

- [Reinhold Bernt](/source/Reinhold_Bernt) as Willy, Stallmeister American Hyppodrom

- [Leonard Steckel](/source/Leonard_Steckel) as Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom

- [Anna Müller-Lincke](/source/Anna_M%C3%BCller-Lincke) as Frau Pahlke, Inhaberin Artistenpension

- [Eugen Burg](/source/Eugen_Burg) as Andersen, Kriminalkommissar

- [Senta Söneland](/source/Senta_S%C3%B6neland) as Fräulein Schönholz, Kriminalbeamtin

- [Alfred Beierle](/source/Alfred_Beierle) as Martin Timm, Hafenpolizist

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 105

## Bibliography

- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. 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

- [*The Daredevil*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021816/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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