# The Orplid Mystery > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Orplid_Mystery > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Orplid_Mystery.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orplid_Mystery > Source revision: 1355508602 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1950 film directed by Helmut Käutner The Orplid Mystery Directed by Helmut Käutner Written by Robert A. Stemmle Fritz Böttger Helmut Käutner Artur Brauner Produced by Artur Brauner Starring Horst Caspar Bettina Moissi O.E. Hasse Cinematography Werner Krien Edited by Johanna Meisel Music by Bernhard Eichhorn Production company CCC Films Distributed by Allianz Filmverleih Release date 29 September 1950 (1950-09-29) Running time 91 minutes Country West Germany Language German ***The Orplid Mystery*** or ***Epilogue*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Epilog: Das Geheimnis der Orplid***) is a 1950 West German [thriller film](/source/Thriller_film) directed by [Helmut Käutner](/source/Helmut_K%C3%A4utner) and starring [Horst Caspar](/source/Horst_Caspar), [Bettina Moissi](/source/Bettina_Moissi), and [O.E. Hasse](/source/O.E._Hasse).[1] The film did not perform well at the box office on its release.[2] It was made at the [Spandau Studios](/source/Spandau_Studios) of [CCC Films](/source/CCC_Films). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Emil Hasler](/source/Emil_Hasler). ## Cast - [Horst Caspar](/source/Horst_Caspar) as Reporter Peter Zabel - [Bettina Moissi](/source/Bettina_Moissi) as Malaienmädchen Leata - [O.E. Hasse](/source/O.E._Hasse) as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim - [Hans Leibelt](/source/Hans_Leibelt) as Cheflektor Kurt Beckmann - [Irene von Meyendorff](/source/Irene_von_Meyendorff) as Christiane Bruckmann alias Conchita - [Hilde Hildebrand](/source/Hilde_Hildebrand) as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman - [Jeanette Schultze](/source/Jeanette_Schultze) as Lore Bruckmann, Conchitas Schwester - [Fritz Kortner](/source/Fritz_Kortner) as Mr. P. L. Hoopman - [Peter van Eyck](/source/Peter_van_Eyck) as Steward Stefan Lund - [Hans Christian Blech](/source/Hans_Christian_Blech) as Martin Jarzombeck, Bräutigam - [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz) as Pianist Aldo Siano - [Arno Assmann](/source/Arno_Assmann) as Tänzer Ermanno - [Rolf von Nauckhoff](/source/Rolf_von_Nauckhoff) as Pastor Johannes Klappstein - [Paul Hörbiger](/source/Paul_H%C3%B6rbiger) as Musik-Clown 'The Great Teatch' - [Arno Paulsen](/source/Arno_Paulsen) as Mr. Hill - [Hans Stiebner](/source/Hans_Stiebner) as Der Koch - [Horst Hächler](/source/Horst_H%C3%A4chler) as Klaus von Werth, Freund des Bräutigams - [Gustav Püttjer](/source/Gustav_P%C3%BCttjer) as Kapitän Feddersen - [Rolf Heydel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolf_Heydel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Hans Toysen, Lores Freund - [Reinhard Kolldehoff](/source/Reinhard_Kolldehoff) as Funker - [Horst Breitenfeld](/source/Horst_Breitenfeld) as Matrose - [Peter Marx](/source/Peter_Marx_(actor)) as Maschinist - [Helmut Bautzmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmut_Bautzmann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Matrose - [Rochus Langkau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rochus_Langkau&action=edit&redlink=1) as Maschinist - [Claus Schulz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claus_Schulz&action=edit&redlink=1) as Schiffsjunge - [Camilla Spira](/source/Camilla_Spira) as Pensionswirtin - [Blandine Ebinger](/source/Blandine_Ebinger) as Sekretärin Auskunftsbüro - [Thea Thiele](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thea_Thiele&action=edit&redlink=1) as Verkäuferin - [Traute Baumbach](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traute_Baumbach&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bardame - [Maria Besendahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maria_Besendahl&action=edit&redlink=1) as Schiffsjunge - [Helmuth Helsig](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmuth_Helsig&action=edit&redlink=1) as Drobitsch - [Erwin Biegel](/source/Erwin_Biegel) as Detektiv - [Harro ten Brook](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harro_ten_Brook&action=edit&redlink=1) as Maler Phil Urban - [Adrian Hoven](/source/Adrian_Hoven) - [Curtis Kreuger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curtis_Kreuger&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Carl Kuhlmann](/source/Carl_Kuhlmann) - [Helmut Käutner](/source/Helmut_K%C3%A4utner) as Meteorologe - [Willi Seemann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willi_Seemann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Funker 2 - [Ilse Werner](/source/Ilse_Werner) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bergfelder p. 148 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Davidson & Hake p. 50 ## Bibliography - Bergfelder, Tim (2005) [2004]. *International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-57181-539-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-539-2). - Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (2009). *Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84545-536-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84545-536-1). ## External links - [*The Orplid Mystery*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042437/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a German film of the 1950s is a stub. 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