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Shadows of the Past ( 1936 )

★5.0 /10 _(2.0)

0 min ● Jul 16, 1936 ● German

Overview

After serving a prison sentence for no fault of her own, café violinist Helene seeks out her twin sister Betty, a famous revue star in Vienna engaged to a public prosecutor. During a sailing trip, the two sisters drown. Helene, at first involuntarily, then consciously, slips into the skin of her opposite counterpart. After a blackmail story, a happy ending ensues.

Top Cast

Luise Ullrich

Betty Gall, Revuestar + Helene, Kaffeehausgeigerin

Gustav Diessl

Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt

Lucie Höflich

Anna, Wirtschafterin bei Betty Gall

Oskar Sima

Semmelweich, Verbrecher

Anton Pointner

Brillanten-Emil, Verbrecher

Tibor von Halmay

Tibor von Halmay

Baron Hayduk

Rudolf Carl

Waraschitz, Inspizient

Gretl Bernd

Anita Roller, Schauspielerin

Albert Heine

Gefängnisdirektor

Richard Waldemar

Richard Waldemar

Janos, Bootswärter

Mihail Xantho

Untersuchungsrichter

Robert Valberg

Arzt

Mizi Griebl

Garderobenfrau

Oskar Pouché

Ernst Pröckl

Else Pircher

Hella Kolniak