Two inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred Döblin’s novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
Robert Siodmak
Director
Hans Müller
Writer
Robert Liebmann
Writer

Emil Jannings
Gustav Bumke

Anna Sten
Russen-Annya

Trude Hesterberg
Yvonne
Franz Nicklisch
Willy Prawanzke

Anton Pointner
Ralph Kruschewski

Wilhelm Bendow
Emmerich

Otto Wernicke

Hans Deppe

Hans Reimann
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