Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW000967 Fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1944 |
Original Title |
THE BLACK PARACHUTE |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Jack Fier; Script: Clarence Upson Young; Based on: Paul Gangelin (Originalgeschichte); Camera: George Meehan; Editing: Otto Meyer; Sound: Jack Goodrich; Art direction: Carl Anderson, Lionel Banks; Set decoration: William Kiernan; Music: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Stock Musi); Musical direction: Mischa Bakaleinikoff; Musiv, var: John Leipold (Stock Music) |
Cast |
John Carradine (General von Bodenbach); Osa Massen (Marya Orloff); Larry Parks (Michael Lindley); Jeanne Bates (Olga); Jonathan Hale (King Stephen); Ivan Triesault (Colonel Pavlec); Trevor Bardette (Nicholas); Art Smith (Joseph); Robert Lowell (Pilot); Robert R. Stephenson (Orderly); Philip Van Zandt (Lieutenant Capturing Joseph); Charles Wagenheim (Kur Vandan); Charles Waldron (Erik Dundeen); Ernie Adams (Cobbler) |
Length |
68' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 04 May 1944: US release date |
Abstract |
WWII espionage film set in an unnamed Eastern European country that has been taken over by ruthless Nazis. Gen. von Bodenbach, a German commander sees the overthrow of the country's King. The American agent Michael Lindley is parachuted in to rescue the king and spirit him out of the country so that he may broadcast the truth about the Huns to his people and they will continue to fight. |
Subject Terms |
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Distributor |
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY (initially) |
Bibliography |
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987 |