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F.P.1 antwortet nicht, or F.P.1 Doesn't Respond was the name of a novel written by noted science fiction and fantasy writer/director Kurt Siodmak, best known as the creator of The Wolf Man.
The novel was turned into a film in 1932, directed by Karl Hartl — it was produced as a multilingual version (MLV), with one film each in German, French, and English. Filming versions in different languages was common in the early sound film period.
Written after Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, the plot concerned a permanent air station in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
The German version was the last German film that either Siodmak or Peter Lorre, who played a secondary character, would make in Germany before the war. It premiered on 22 December 1932.
By 1933, a political joke referring to Adolf Hitler played on the title of the film: "Parteigenosse 1 antwortet nicht," or "Party Member 1 doesn't answer."
Original Release
12/22/1932
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hans Albers | Flieger Ellissen |
Sybille Schmitz | Claire Lennartz |
Paul Hartmann | Kapitänleutnant Droste |
Peter Lorre | Bildreporter Johnny |
Hermann Speelmans | Chefingenieur Damsky |
Paul Westermeier | Mann mit den Schiffbrüchen |
Arthur Peiser | Mann mit dem Zahnschmerzen |
Gustav Püttjer | Mann mit der Fistelstimme |
Georg August Koch | Erster Offizier |
Hans Schneider | Zweiter Offizier |
Directors
Writers
Walter Reisch, Curt Siodmak, André Beucler
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hans Albers | Flieger Ellissen |
Sybille Schmitz | Claire Lennartz |
Paul Hartmann | Kapitänleutnant Droste |
Peter Lorre | Bildreporter Johnny |
Hermann Speelmans | Chefingenieur Damsky |
Paul Westermeier | Mann mit den Schiffbrüchen |
Arthur Peiser | Mann mit dem Zahnschmerzen |
Gustav Püttjer | Mann mit der Fistelstimme |
Georg August Koch | Erster Offizier |
Hans Schneider | Zweiter Offizier |
Erik Ode | Konrad Lennartz / Konrad |
Friedrich Gnaß | Funker auf der Lennatzwerk |
Georg John | Maschinist |
Philipp Manning | Schiffsarzt |
Rudolf Platte | Radio Operator |
Werner Schott | Matthias Lennartz |
Karl Klöckner | |
Paul Rehkopf | |
Ilse Trautschold | Zimmermädchen |
Charles Boyer | Ellisen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Erich Pommer | Producer |
Eberhard Klagemann | Producer |