The Shadow of Herr Monitor

{{Short description|1950 film directed by Eugen York}} {{Infobox film | name =The Shadow of Herr Monitor | image =File:The Shadow of Herr Monitor.png | caption = | director =[[Eugen York]] | producer = [[Walter Koppel]] [[Gyula Trebitsch]] | based_on = | writer = [[Ernst Nebhut]] [[Just Scheu]] | narrator = | starring = [[Carl Raddatz]] [[Paul Dahlke (actor)|Paul Dahlke]] [[Marianne Wischmann]] | music = [[Wolfgang Zeller]] | cinematography = [[Ekkehard Kyrath]] [[Willy Winterstein]] | editing = [[Alice Ludwig]] | studio =[[Real Film]] | distributor = Allianz Filmverleih | released = {{Film date|1950|9|5|df=y}} | runtime = 81 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Shadow of Herr Monitor''''' (German: '''{{lang|de|Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor}}''') is a 1950 West German [[crime film]] directed by [[Eugen York]] and starring [[Carl Raddatz]], [[Paul Dahlke (actor)|Paul Dahlke]] and [[Marianne Wischmann]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.547</ref><ref>Hoffmann & Schobert p.86</ref> It was shot at the [[Wandsbek Studios]] of [[Real Film]] in [[Hamburg]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Mathias Matthies]].<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-schatten-des-herrn-monitor_61e3a909aba34e79b118859c6b830906</ref>

==Synopsis== Thomas and his friend Christoph Monitor are both in love with the same woman, Petra. When she chooses to marry Christoph, Thomas is devastated and begins plotting a slow revenge involving Robb a former [[sailor]] who is an exact [[doppelgänger]] of his former friend. Dressed as Monitor, Robb begins committing a series of [[robberies]] leading the arrest and trial of the innocent man.

==Cast== * [[Carl Raddatz]] as Christoph Monitor/Robb * [[Paul Dahlke (actor)|Paul Dahlke]] as Thomas Gossip * [[Marianne Wischmann]] as Petra Monitor * [[Catja Görna]] as Genia * [[Carl-Heinz Schroth]] as Metter * [[Carl Voscherau]] as Portier * [[Just Scheu]] as Gerichtsvollzieher * [[Heinz Klingenberg (actor)|Heinz Klingenberg]] as Staatsanwalt * [[Willy Maertens]] as Dr. Bing * [[Josef Dahmen]] as Hafenarbeiter * [[Arnim Dahl]] as Hafenarbeiter * [[Alexander Hunzinger]] as Nachwächter * [[Bruno Klockmann]] as Portier im Nachtlokal * [[Horst Szielasko]] as Lieferwagenfahrer * [[Erich Weiher]] as Beifahrer im Lieferwagen * [[Kurt A. Jung]] as Motorradfahrer * [[Änne Bruck]] as Elegante Dame * [[Heinz Saller]] as Dr. Bergs * [[Gustl Busch]] as Dienstmädchen bei Monitor * [[Joseph Offenbach]] as Postbeamter * [[Konrad Mayerhoff]] as Postbeamter

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Hoffmann, Hilmar & Schobert, Walter (ed.) ''Zwischen gestern und morgen: westdeutscher Nachkriegsfilm 1946-1962''. Deutsches Filmmuseum, 1989.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0042929}}

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