The Missing Wife (German:Die verschwundene Frau) is a 1929 Austrian silent film comedy crime film directed by Karl Leiter and starring Harry Halm, Iris Arlan and Mary Kid. The sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger.
The film is notable for marking the screen debut of Peter Lorre. The film was believed lost until 1984. It wasn't until it was restored in 1996 that Lorre's small role was noted. Lorre had never spoken about the film and always maintained that M (1931) was his first film, which was a breakthrough role as opposed to a brief, uncredited cameo.
Cast
Harry Halm as Adam Bertram
Iris Arlan as Eva
Mary Kid as Dr. Med. Hanna Karsten
Peter C. Leska as Dr. Fritz Steiner
Reinhold Häussermann as Polizeirat Alois Hartl
Richard Waldemar as Tobias Ameisel
Albert Kersten
Clementine Plessner
Peter Lorre as Patient of a Dentist
References
Bibliography
Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.