The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
as Reporter Peter Zabel
as Leata
as Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim
as Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann
as Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck
as Mr. P. L. Hoopman
as Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman
as FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund
as Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck
as Pianist Aldo Siano, Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
as Ermano, Partner von Conchita
as Musikclown „The Great Teatch“
as Funker der Orplid
as Pensionswirtin
as Sekretärin im Auskunftsbüro
as Klaus von Werth
as Lore Bruckmann
as Mr. Hill, ein internationaler Waffenhändler
as Pastor Johannes Klappstein