The Yellow Flag

The Yellow Flag
The Yellow Flag
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	Fred Andreas (novel); Helmut Brandis; Otto Linnekogel;
Produced by	Franz Vogel
Starring	Hans Albers; Olga Chekhova; Dorothea Wieck;
Cinematography	Franz Koch
Edited by	Fritz C. Mauch
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production; company	Euphono-Film
Distributed by	Panorama-Film
Release date	12 October 1937;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Yellow Flag (German: Die gelbe Flagge) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Albers, Olga Chekhova and Dorothea Wieck.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Location filming took place in Yugoslavia.

Synopsis

An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has contracted a serious fever. He does not accompany the trip, which runs into major problems. Later he is able to go to the rescue of the survivors including the American journalist Helen Roeder whom he is in love with.

Cast

Hans Albers as Peter Diercksen - ehemaliger Flieger
Olga Chekhova as Helen Roeder - amerikanische Journalistin
Dorothea Wieck as Krankenschwester Dolores
Gotthart Portloff as Alfred Gesekius - Plantagenbesitzer
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Kapitän Ellis
Arthur Schröder as Benthley, Erster Offizier
Herbert Gernot as Dr. Rusby, Arzt
Heinz Evelt as Tobi, Steward
Aribert Wäscher as Ramón Orveda - Kommandant Quarantäne-Station
Alexander Engel as Dr. Martinez - Arzt - Quarantäne-Station
Hugo Werner-Kahle as Dr. Perez, Vertrauensarzt der Regierung
Erwin Klietsch as Professor Cameron - Expeditionsleiter
Kurt Hinz as Dr. MacHugh - sein Assistenz
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Major Bachmair - Kommandant Hilfsexpedition
Lissy Arna as Halbweltdame Pandorita
Margit Symo as Halbweltdame Lu
Else Ehser as Gloria Sanders
Jutta Jol as Ines - Krankenschwester
Karl Hannemann as Hotelportier
Manfred Meurer as Sergeant Rossi
S.O. Schoening as Dietrichsen
Otto Stoeckel as Arzt
Albert Venohr as Mann in der Tingel-Tangel-Bar
Elisabeth Miller as Telefonierende Dame
Angelo Ferrari as Begleiter der telefonierenden Dame
Bruno Karl as Naturbursche
Livia Stolp as Junge Frau
Max Harry Ernst as Schiffspassagier
Jac Diehl as Soldat
Kurt Mikulski as Tavernenwirt
Lilo Bergen as Junge Frau
Kurt Bobeth-Bolander as Barmann
Walter Brückner
Gerda Dietel
Liesl Eckardt as Köchin
Inge Felix
Paul Ludwig Frey
Hella Gantzert as Mexikanische Magd
Claire Glib as Schiffspassagierin
Wolf Harro as Junger Soldat
Kurt Iller
Karl Jüstel
Alfred Karen as Schiffspassagier
Carl Krenzer
Viggo Larsen as Mexikanischer Ständchensänger
Adelberg Ludwigshausen as Älterer Soldat
Edgar Pauly
Hermann Pfeiffer as Spielkasinodirektor
Theodor Popp as Schiffssteward
Joachim Rake as Junger Soldat
Ludwig Schwarz as Zweifelhafter Kavalier
Friedrich Teitge as Schiffspassagier
Robert Vincenti-Lieffertz as Spieler und Zuschauer am Spieltisch
Martha von Konssatzki
Erik von Loewis as Schiffssteward

References

^ Rentschler p.281

Bibliography

Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

The Yellow Flag at IMDb

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[1] Rentschler p.281

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