Secret Code LB 17

Directed by	Victor Tourjansky
Written by	Berthold Ebbecke Philipp Lothar Mayring Ludwig Metzger
Produced by	Otto Lehmann
Starring	Willy Birgel Hilde Weissner Bernhard Minetti
Cinematography	Georg Krause
Edited by	Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	7 August 1938
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Secret Code LB 17 (German: Geheimzeichen LB 17) is a 1938 German thriller film directed by Victor Tourjansky and starring Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner and Bernhard Minetti.^[1] It was made at the Babelsberg Studios outside Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski.

Synopsis

The authorities attempt to track down a terrorist group who have assassinated the Minister of War. They soon begin to suspect they have a traitor in their own ranks.

Cast

Willy Birgel as Captain Arvan Terno
Hilde Weissner as Marya Dusanovich, alias Marja Dusan
Bernhard Minetti as Club Manager Bjelinski
Otto Wernicke as Police Commissar Borel
René Deltgen as Lieutenant Robby Glawar
Kirsten Heiberg as Singer
Nicolas Koline as Drogan, the Commissar's aide
Herbert Gernot as Senior Lt. Kowall
Theodor Loos as The Prefect of Police
Karl Günther as Vitruv - the Minister of War
Fred Beckner as Marja's Dancing Partner
Hildegard Busse as Marja's Guest
Dima Detoor as Minister of War's Staff Officer
Jac Diehl as Der Bühneninspizient der "Cascade"
Heinz Dugall as Der Würstchendieb
Erich Dunskus as Bahnbeamter
Berthold Ebbecke as Der Adjutant des Kriegsministers
Max Harry Ernst as Ein Gast in der Cascade während der Razzia
Lucie Euler as Anna, Manja Dusans Garderobiere
Adolf Fischer as Ein junger Proletarier am Würstchenstand
Charles Francois as Ein Kellner beim Empfang
Paul Ludwig Frey as Ein Gast bei Manja Dusan
Lothar Geist as Der Zigarettenjunge in der Cascade
Kurt Getke as Eisenbahnwärter
Friedrich Gnaß as Ein Telefonist der Aufständigen
Fred Goebel as Der Sergeant der Chiffrierzentrale
Die Goldenen Sieben und ihre Symphoniker as Singers
Paul Hildebrandt as Ein Mitarbeiter des Polizeipräfekten
Oskar Höcker as Ein weiterer Kriminalbeamter
Karl Jüstel as Ein Stabsoffizier beim Kriegsminister
Alfred Karen as Gast bei Manja Dusan
Walter Klam as Ein Bühnenarbeiter der Cascade
Ingolf Kuntze as Innenminister
Fred Köster as Ein Kriminalbeamter bei der Tatortinspektion
Gustav Mahncke as Der Poriter der Cascade
Edith Meinel as Das Blumenmädchen in der Cascade
Benno Mueller as Ein Mann im Postamt
Hellmuth Passarge as Einer der Aufständigen
Paul Rehkopf as Ein Betrunkener
Ferry Reich as Der Wachhabende der Regimentskanzlei
Ferdinand Robert as Ein Gast bei Manja Dusan
Ernst Rotmund as Der Würstchenverkäufer
Bert Schmidt-Maris as Ein Gast in der Cascade
Willi Schur as 1. Polizist
Herbert Spalke as 2. Polizist
Margot Thilo as Marga, Annas Mädchen
Theodor Thony as Ein Stabsoffizier beim Kriegsminister
Otz Tollen as Ein General, Mitarbeiter des Kriegsministers
Jens von Hagen as Gast bei Manja Dusan
Eduard Wenck as Der Stationsvorsteher
Max Wilmsen as Der Angestellte im Postamt
Willy Witte as Ein Gast in der "Cascade"

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Films by Victor Tourjansky

Michel Strogoff (1926)
Tempest (1928)
The Adventurer (1928)
Volga Volga (1928)
Manolescu (1929)
The Eaglet (1931)
The Duke of Reichstadt (1931)
The Unknown Singer (1931)
Student's Hotel (1932)
The Orderly (1933)
Volga in Flames (1934)
The Battle (1934)
Dark Eyes (1935)
The World's in Love (1935)
La Peur (1936)
City of Anatol (1936)
Wells in Flames (1937)
The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
Faded Melody (1938)
Secret Code LB 17 (1938)
The Blue Fox (1938)
The Governor (1939)
A Woman Like You (1939)
Enemies (1940)
The Chaste Beloved (1940)
Illusion (1941)
Love Stories (1943)
Tonelli (1943)
Orient Express (1944)
Three Times Comedy (1945)
The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950)
Chased by the Devil (1950)
Marriage for One Night (1953)
Salto Mortale (1953)
Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)
Daybreak (1954)
Island of the Dead (1955)
The Royal Waltz (1955)
The Goddess of Love (1957)
Heart Without Mercy (1958)
Herod the Great (1959)
Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
The Cossacks (1960)
The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)
The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
A Queen for Caesar (1962)