The Shadow of Herr Monitor (German: Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Eugen York and starring Carl Raddatz, Paul Dahlke and Marianne Wischmann. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios of Real Film in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mathias Matthies.

Synopsis

Thomas and his friend Christoph Monitor are both in love with the same woman, Petra. When she chooses to marry Christoph, Thomas is devastated and begins plotting a slow revenge involving Robb a former sailor who is an exact doppelgänger of his former friend. Dressed as Monitor, Robb begins committing a series of robberies leading the arrest and trial of the innocent man.

Cast

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Hoffmann, Hilmar & Schobert, Walter (ed.) Zwischen gestern und morgen: westdeutscher Nachkriegsfilm 1946-1962. Deutsches Filmmuseum, 1989.

External links