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Sergeant Schwenke (1935)

Sergeant Schwenke poster
Original title
Oberwachtmeister Schwenke
Directed by
Carl Froelich
Genre
drama film
Country
German Reich
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police sergeant investigates a crime in Berlin. He works through the legal system and faces personal and professional challenges along the way.

earnestgrittymethodicalgroundedtensemoralrestrainedserious

What happens

Sergeant Schwenke (German: Oberwachtmeister Schwenke) is a 1935 German crime drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Marianne Hoppe and Karl Dannemann. It was made at the former National Studios in Berlin's Tempelhof area which were now controlled by Froelich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Walter Haag. It is based on a novel of the same title by Hans Joachim Freiherr von Reizenstein. It was remade in 1955 as Sergeant Borck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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