I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)

Original title

Ich war Jack Mortimer

Directed by

Carl Froelich

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man takes on a dead man's identity and finds himself caught in a dangerous situation. The film follows his struggle to navigate the consequences of this choice.

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What happens

I Was Jack Mortimer (German: Ich war Jack Mortimer) is a 1935 German thriller film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Anton Walbrook, Eugen Klöpfer, and Sybille Schmitz. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel of the same title by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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