The House of Dora Green

1933 film by Henrik Galeen

Hans Rudolf Berndorff (novel)
Bobby E. Lüthge

Starring

Mady Christians
Paul Hartmann
Leonard Steckel
Alfred Abel

CinematographyBruno MondiEdited byMartha DübberMusic byFranz Grothe

Production
company

Tonfilm-Produktion

Distributed byNational-Film

Release date

22 February 1933 (1933-02-22)

Running time

78 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

The House of Dora Green (German: Salon Dora Green) is a 1933 German thriller film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Mady Christians, Paul Hartmann, and Leonard Steckel. It was based on the novel Diplomatische Unterwelt by Hans Rudolf Berndorff. It was the final German film made by Galeen, before being forced into exile following the Nazi Party's takeover of power.^[1] In 1937 it was released in the United States.

Synopsis

Foreign spies wishing to steal a technological breakthrough enlist the unwitting assistance of a cabaret singer, Dora Green. After she discovers their true intentions, she helps the authorities thwart their scheme.

Cast

Mady Christians as Dora Green
Paul Hartmann as Frank Gebhard
Leonard Steckel as Sucharow
Alfred Abel as Iwan Keller
Betty Bird as Ellen Brinkmann
Fritz Alberti as Kapitän Brinkman
Anita Mey as Lola
John Mylong as Pilarsky
Fritz Odemar as Dimitri
Gustav Püttjer as Adler
Willi Schur as Gregor
Walter Steinbeck as Der Kommissar
Erwin van Roy as Der Conferencier
Kurt Vespermann as Thomas

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 146

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3861-7.