Central Rio
{{Infobox film
| name = Central Rio
| image = Central Rio.jpg
| caption =
| director = Erich Engels
| producer = Otto Lehmann
| writer = Berthold Ebbecke
Ludwig Metzger
| based_on = {{based on|...schoß Chiquita?|Rolf Dortenwald}}
| narrator =
| starring = Leny Marenbach
Camilla Horn
Ita Rina
| music = Werner Eisbrenner
| cinematography = Walter Pindter
| editing = Alice Ludwig
| studio = Terra Film
| distributor = Terra Film
| released = {{Film date|1939|10|05|df=yes}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Central Rio (German: Zentrale Rio) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Leny Marenbach, Camilla Horn and Ita Rina.Noack p.157
The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg.
Synopsis
A German woman's husband has been missing for years and is presumed dead. Then she receives information that is alive and living in Brazil. She resolves to travel to Rio de Janeiro to find out the truth.
Cast
- Leny Marenbach as Maria Halmborg
- Camilla Horn as Diane Mercier
- Ita Rina as Chiquita Salieri
- Werner Fuetterer as Michael Wenk
- Iván Petrovich as Ricardo Perez
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Kommissar Dossa
- Leo Peukert as Kommissar Gaveira
- Paul Hoffmann as Marquez Cabana
- Reinhold Bernt as Sergeant Carmo
- Axel Monjé as Sergeant Gonzaga
- Käte Kühl as Bonita
- Walther Süssenguth as Schmuggler
- Marianne Simson as Solotänzerin
- Else Ehser as Garderobiere
- Helmut Egiomue as Hotelboy Chico
- Rudi Schuricke as Sänger
References
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Bibliography
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
- Tegel, Susan. Jew Suss: Life, Legend, Fiction, Film. A&C Black, 2011.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0142012}}
{{Erich Engels}}
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Erich Engels
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot in Hamburg
Category:Films set in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Films based on crime novels
Category:Films based on German novels
Category:Films shot at Terra Studios
Category:Films scored by Werner Eisbrenner
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