Third from the Right

{{Short description|1950 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Third from the Right |image = Third from the Right.jpg |caption = German film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Die Dritte von rechts}} |director = Géza von Cziffra |producer = {{ubl|Walter Koppel|Gyula Trebitsch}} |writer = Géza von Cziffra |starring = {{ubl|Vera Molnar|Robert Lindner|Peter van Eyck}} |music = Michael Jary |cinematography = Willy Winterstein |editing = Alice Ludwig |studio = Real Film |distributor = Allianz Filmverleih |released = {{Film date|1950|12|25|df=yes}} |runtime = 97 minutes |country = West Germany |language = German }} '''''Third from the Right''''' ({{langx|de|'''Die Dritte von rechts'''}}) is a 1950 West German musical crime film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Vera Molnar, Robert Lindner and Peter van Eyck.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=225|year=2009|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6|last1=Hake |first1=Sabine |doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }}</ref> It was made by the Hamburg-based company Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Herbert Kirchhoff.

==Synopsis== Aspiring stage star Katrin has so far got no further than appearing third from the right in the chorus line. To advance her career she agrees to meet a financial backer of shows for dinner. When she arrives at his apartment he is laying there dead. In the eyes of the investigating police detective she is the top suspect, although several others had good cause to murder him.

==Cast== *Vera Molnar as Katrin *Robert Lindner as Viktor *Peter van Eyck as Renato *Marianne Wischmann as Asta *Grethe Weiser as Lotte Brühl *Paul Kemp as Hähnchen *Oskar Sima as Schneider *Rudolf Platte as Braun *Arno Paulsen as Herwitz *Willi Rose as detective commissioner Metz *Hans Zesch-Ballot as Kriminalrat Bittner *Carl Voscherau as Inspizient Müller *Josef Dahmen as Josef, waiter *Willy Witte as Chauffeur *Kurt Meister as Kriminalbeamter *Benno Gellenbeck as Managing director of the Kakadu Bar *Eva Pflug as Hilde *Edelweiß Malchin as Gerda *Katharina Brauren as Frau Goll *Edmond Ardisson *Erwin Bredow *Iska Geri *Gerhard Gregor *Alfred Hause *Evelyn Künneke *Maria Litto *Bruce Low *Laszlo Nyaky *Gabor Orban *Laya Raki as exotic dancer *Kurt Reimann *Gertrud Söderling-Hiller *Horst von Otto *Gerhard Wendland

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0042416}}

Category:1950 musical films Category:1950 crime films Category:German musical films Category:German crime films Category:West German films Category:Films directed by Géza von Cziffra Category:West German black-and-white films Category:1950 German films Category:1950 German-language films Category:Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Category:Films scored by Michael Jary