

The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
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Cast

Horst Caspar
Reporter Peter Zabel

Bettina Moissi
Leata

O.E. Hasse
Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim

Hans Leibelt
Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann

Irene von Meyendorff
Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck

Fritz Kortner
Mr. P. L. Hoopman

Hilde Hildebrand
Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman

Peter van Eyck
FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund

Hans Christian Blech
Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck

Carl Raddatz
Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande

Arno Assmann
Ermano, Partner von Conchita

Paul Hörbiger
Musikclown „The Great Teatch“
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