Geheimakte W.B.1

1942 film

Geheimakte W.B.1 is a 1942 German drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Alexander Golling, Eva Immermann and Richard Häussler. The film portrays Wilhelm Bauer and his work on developing the submarine.^[1] It was based on the novel Der Eiserne Seehund by Hans Arthur Thies.

Cast

Alexander Golling - Wilhelm Bauer
Eva Immermann - Sophie Hösly
Richard Häussler - Großfürst Konstantin
Herbert Hübner - Admiral Brommy
Wilhelm P. Krüger - Vater Hösly
Günther Lüders - Schiffsbauer Karl Hösly
Willi Rose - Werftmeister Schultze
Gustav Waldau - König Maximilian
Justus Paris - Vorsitzender des Gerichts
Theo Shall - Mr. Wood
Walter Holten - General
Andrews Engelmann - Russischer Intrigant Trotzky
Karl Meixner - Senator
Viktor Afritsch - von Klamm
Albert Arid - Offizier der russischen Hafenwache
Karl Hanft - Tony
Michl Lang - Oberhofen
Richard Ludwig - Major der russischen Wache
Philipp Manning - Holm
Friedrich Ulmer - Dr. Hoffmann
Paul Wagner - Begleiter des König Maximilian
Aruth Wartan - Kenwolsky
Dolf Zenzen - Begleiter Trotzkys am bayerischen Hof

References

^ Hadley p. 93

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Hadley, Michael L. Count Not the Dead: The Popular Image of the German Submarine. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.