# The Shadow of Herr Monitor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Shadow_of_Herr_Monitor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Shadow_of_Herr_Monitor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Herr_Monitor > Source revision: 1355946859 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1950 film directed by Eugen York The Shadow of Herr Monitor Directed by Eugen York Written by Ernst Nebhut Just Scheu Produced by Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch Starring Carl Raddatz Paul Dahlke Marianne Wischmann Cinematography Ekkehard Kyrath Willy Winterstein Edited by Alice Ludwig Music by Wolfgang Zeller Production company Real Film Distributed by Allianz Filmverleih Release date 5 September 1950 (1950-09-05) Running time 81 minutes Country West Germany Language German ***The Shadow of Herr Monitor*** (German: ***Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor***) is a 1950 West German [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Eugen York](/source/Eugen_York) and starring [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz), [Paul Dahlke](/source/Paul_Dahlke_(actor)) and [Marianne Wischmann](/source/Marianne_Wischmann).[1][2] It was shot at the [Wandsbek Studios](/source/Wandsbek_Studios) of [Real Film](/source/Real_Film) in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Mathias Matthies](/source/Mathias_Matthies).[3] ## 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](/source/Sailor) who is an exact [doppelgänger](/source/Doppelg%C3%A4nger) of his former friend. Dressed as Monitor, Robb begins committing a series of [robberies](/source/Robberies) leading the arrest and trial of the innocent man. ## Cast - [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz) as Christoph Monitor/Robb - [Paul Dahlke](/source/Paul_Dahlke_(actor)) as Thomas Gossip - [Marianne Wischmann](/source/Marianne_Wischmann) as Petra Monitor - [Catja Görna](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catja_G%C3%B6rna&action=edit&redlink=1) as Genia - [Carl-Heinz Schroth](/source/Carl-Heinz_Schroth) as Metter - [Carl Voscherau](/source/Carl_Voscherau) as Portier - [Just Scheu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Just_Scheu&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gerichtsvollzieher - [Heinz Klingenberg](/source/Heinz_Klingenberg_(actor)) as Staatsanwalt - [Willy Maertens](/source/Willy_Maertens) as Dr. Bing - [Josef Dahmen](/source/Josef_Dahmen) as Hafenarbeiter - [Arnim Dahl](/source/Arnim_Dahl) as Hafenarbeiter - [Alexander Hunzinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Hunzinger&action=edit&redlink=1) as Nachwächter - [Bruno Klockmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Klockmann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Portier im Nachtlokal - [Horst Szielasko](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horst_Szielasko&action=edit&redlink=1) as Lieferwagenfahrer - [Erich Weiher](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erich_Weiher&action=edit&redlink=1) as Beifahrer im Lieferwagen - [Kurt A. Jung](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_A._Jung&action=edit&redlink=1) as Motorradfahrer - [Änne Bruck](/source/%C3%84nne_Bruck) as Elegante Dame - [Heinz Saller](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinz_Saller&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dr. Bergs - [Gustl Busch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustl_Busch&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dienstmädchen bei Monitor - [Joseph Offenbach](/source/Joseph_Offenbach) as Postbeamter - [Konrad Mayerhoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konrad_Mayerhoff&action=edit&redlink=1) as Postbeamter ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p.547 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hoffmann & Schobert p.86 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-schatten-des-herrn-monitor_61e3a909aba34e79b118859c6b830906](https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-schatten-des-herrn-monitor_61e3a909aba34e79b118859c6b830906) ## 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 - [*The Shadow of Herr Monitor*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042929/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Eugen York Morituri (1948) The Last Night (1949) The Allure of Danger (1950) The Shadow of Herr Monitor (1950) Shadows in the Night (1950) Blondes for Export (1950) Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955) The Heart of St. Pauli (1957) A Heart Returns Home (1956) The Girl with the Cat's Eyes (1958) Man in the River (1958) The Copper (1958) Murderer in the Fog (1964) This article related to a German film of the 1950s is a stub. 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