The Lost One
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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Karl Weber. Some scenes were shot at Studio Bendestorf and on provisional stages in the former flak tower on Heiligengeistfeld Hamburg, while location shooting took place around the city.
Plot
The story is told through a series of flashbacks. Dr. Rothe (Peter Lorre) is a German scientist doing secret research for the Nazi government during World War II. After he discovers that his fiancée has been selling secrets to the Allies, he murders her. This is covered up by the German government. After the war, Rothe is working under an alias as a doctor for displaced persons. After seeing one of the Nazi officers who helped cover up his crime, Rothe is overcome by guilt about his wartime crimes.
Main cast
- Peter Lorre as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
- Karl John as Hösch, alias Nowak
- Helmuth Rudolph as Colonel Winkler
- Johanna Hofer as Frau Hermann
- Renate Mannhardt as Inge Hermann
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Ursula Weber
- Lotte Rausch as Woman on Train
- Gisela Trowe as Prostitute
- Hansi Wendler as Rothe's Secretary
- Kurt Meister as Preefke
- Alexander Hunzinger as Drunk
Reception
The film was unsuccessful with most of the German audiences in the 1950s, who tried to forget the Nazi era and preferred Heimatfilme. Der Verlorene has since achieved more recognition.
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External links
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- Peter Lorre and "Der Verlorene"
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- 1951 films
- 1951 crime drama films
- German black-and-white films
- Film noir
- Films about Nazi Germany
- Films directed by Peter Lorre
- German crime drama films
- 1950s German-language films
- West German films
- Films shot in Hamburg
- Films set in Hamburg
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
- 1950s German films
- Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner