Big City Secret (1952)

Original title

Großstadtgeheimnis

Directed by

Leo de Laforgue

Genre

crime film

Country

Germany

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A crime film set in post-war Germany, following the exploits of criminals inspired by real-life gangsters. It was shot on location in several German cities and uses pre-war footage.

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What happens

Big City Secret (German: Großstadtgeheimnis) is a 1952 West German crime film directed by Leo de Laforgue and starring Ingrid Lutz, Fritz Wagner, and Joachim Teege . It was shot entirely on location around Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden, partly using pre-war stock footage. It is inspired partly by the criminal Sass Brothers active in the Weimar era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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