Police File 909 - 1934

A Japanese doctor, on a secret mission to Paris for his country, becomes romantically involved with a cabaret singer at a Parisian nightclub. His entire mission is put at risk when he kills a rival for her love, a French journalist and blackmailer. (This film was a heavily re-shot 76 minute version of the 1933 film Typhoon but with a dramatically altered plot from the original where the Japanese are now portrayed as unsympathetic villains. The new version was approved by German censors and released in 1934 although its critical reception was poor. It is possible that Wiene, who had left for Budapest in 1933 following the Nazi rise to power, did not personally work on the new version). From Wikipedia.

76min
1934
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating4.8/10

Cast

Liane Haid profile pictureLiane HaidHelene Laroche
Viktor de Kowa profile pictureViktor de KowaCharles Renard-Brinski
Veit Harlan profile pictureVeit HarlanInose Hironari
Paul Henckels profile picturePaul HenckelsDefense Lawyer
Valéry Inkijinoff profile pictureValéry InkijinoffDr. Nitobe Tokeramo
Bernhard Goetzke profile pictureBernhard GoetzkeStaatsanwalt
Josef Dahmen profile pictureJosef DahmenWerkdetektiv

About Police File 909

Police File 909 Overview

A Japanese doctor, on a secret mission to Paris for his country, becomes romantically involved with a cabaret singer at a Parisian nightclub. His entire mission is put at risk when he kills a rival for her love, a French journalist and blackmailer. (This film was a heavily re-shot 76 minute version of the 1933 film Typhoon but with a dramatically altered plot from the original where the Japanese are now portrayed as unsympathetic villains. The new version was approved by German censors and released in 1934 although its critical reception was poor. It is possible that Wiene, who had left for Budapest in 1933 following the Nazi rise to power, did not personally work on the new version). From Wikipedia.

Runtime: 76min

Extra details

Original Title: Polizeiakte 909
Original Language: German
Directed By: Robert Wiene
Production Companies
Camera-Filmproduktion