Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht? (1938)

So You Don't Know Korff Yet? (German: Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?) is a 1938 German comedy crime film directed by Fritz Holl and starring Heinz Rühmann, Victor Janson and Franz Schafheitlin. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Mecklenburg and Holland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann. It was produced and distributed by Terra Film, one of the leading film companies in Nazi Germany.

Synopsis

Unwittingly, the celebrated crime novelist Niels Korff has included details in his latest book that closely match the activities of a notorious pair of American criminals. They plan to assassinate him in Amsterdam, while also stealing a valuable Rubens painting. Yet all their schemes to kill him go wrong and he is ultimately able to turn the tables on them.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann as Niels Korff

Victor Janson as Dufour

Franz Schafheitlin as Morton

Fritz Rasp as Kelley

Jakob Tiedtke as Vermeylen

Senta Foltin as Dortje

Agnes Straub as Philippine Schimmelpennick

Will Dohm as van Gaalen

Karl Meixner as Timor

Viktor Bell as Jim

Günther Lüders as Inspizient im 'Trocadero'

Rudolf Platte as Regisseur im 'Trocadero'

Hubert von Meyerinck as Reporter Droste

Josefine Dora as Wirtschafterin Antje

Oskar Höcker as Polizeikommissar

References

Bibliography

Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

So You Don't Know Korff Yet? at IMDb