# The Master Detective

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1944 film

For the earlier film, see [The Master Detective (1933 film)](/source/The_Master_Detective_(1933_film)).

The Master Detective German DVD cover German Der Meisterdetektiv Directed by Hubert Marischka Written by Kurt E. Walter Felix von Eckardt Produced by Friedrich Wilhelm Gaik Starring Rudolf Platte Cinematography Otto Baecker Walter Pindter Edited by Margarete Steinborn Music by Frank Fox Production company Berlin-Film Distributed by Deutsche Filmvertriebs Release date 10 July 1944 (1944-07-10) Running time 74 minutes Country Germany Language German

***The Master Detective*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der Meisterdetektiv***) is a 1944 German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Hubert Marischka](/source/Hubert_Marischka) and starring [Rudolf Platte](/source/Rudolf_Platte) who plays a [private detective](/source/Private_detective).[1] The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Gustav A. Knauer](/source/Gustav_A._Knauer) and [Arthur Schwarz](/source/Arthur_Schwarz).

## Cast

In alphabetical order

- [Georg Alexander](/source/Georg_Alexander) as Rittmeister a. D. Hans-Heinz Langendorff

- [Hermann Brix](/source/Hermann_Brix) as Neffe Helmut Langendorff

- [Will Dohm](/source/Will_Dohm) as Diener Balduin

- [Fritz Kampers](/source/Fritz_Kampers) as Nachbar Eberhard Matthesius

- [Dorit Kreysler](/source/Dorit_Kreysler) as Ballett-Tänzerin Ilse Braun

- [Rudolf Platte](/source/Rudolf_Platte) as Privatdetektiv Bruch

- [Erich Ponto](/source/Erich_Ponto) as Gutsbesitzer Theobald Langendorff

- [Charlotte Schultz](/source/Charlotte_Schultz_(actress)) as Gesellschafterin Agathe

- [Grethe Weiser](/source/Grethe_Weiser) as Julia Langendorff

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York: [Berghahn Books](/source/Berghahn_Books). p. 367. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-57181-655-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-655-9).

## External links

- [*The Master Detective*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037064/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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