Sergeant Schwenke (German: Oberwachtmeister Schwenke) is a 1935 German crime drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Marianne Hoppe and Karl Dannemann. It was made at the former National Studios in Berlin's Tempelhof area which were now controlled by Froelich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Walter Haag. It is based on a novel of the same title by Hans Joachim Freiherr von Reizenstein. It was remade in 1955 as Sergeant Borck..

Cast

Gustav Fröhlich as Oberwachtmeister Willi Schwenke

Marianne Hoppe as Maria Schönborn, Verkäuferin im Blumenhaus Floris

Karl Dannemann as Oberwachtmeister Wölfert

Katja Bennefeld as Frau Wölfert, Marias Schwester

Walter Steinbeck as Baankier Wenkstern

Emmy Göring as Rena, seine Frau

Falk May as Hans-Helmut, ihr Sohn

Ruth Nitsche as Sybille, ihre Tochter

Sybille Schmitz as Erna Zuwade, Stütze bei Wenkstern

Ellen Geyer as Emma, Köchin bei Wenkstern

Herbert Gernot as Fritsch, Chauffeur bei Wenkstern

Claire Fuchs-Kaufmann as Fanny Mehlmann, Wirtin von 'Fannys gute Stube'

Valy Arnheim

Rudolf Biebrach

Gerhard Bienert

Anna Dammann

Bruno Fritz as Ein Stammgast

Hugo Froelich as Ein Kellner

Knut Hartwig as Obermeister

Willy Kaufman

Maria Krahn

Anna Müller-Lincke

Hans Paschen

Harald Paulsen as Karl Franke

Oscar Sabo as Radmann

Georg H. Schnell

Werner Schott

Leo Sloma

References

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

Sergeant Schwenke

External links

1935 films

Films of Nazi Germany

German crime drama films

1935 crime drama films

1930s German-language films

Films directed by Carl Froelich

Police detective films

Tobis Film films

German black-and-white films

1930s German films

Sergeant Schwenke