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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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