The Deruga Case (German: Der Fall Deruga) is a 1938 German crime drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Willy Birgel, Geraldine Katt and Dagny Servaes. It is based on the 1917 novel of the same title by Ricarda Huch. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber.
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Synopsis
Doctor Deruga is put on trial for murdering his wealthy ex-wife, Mingo Swieter, after curare is discovered in her body during a post-mortem. The prosecution, driven by his ex-wife's embittered cousin, Baroness Truschkowitz, argues that the impoverished doctor killed her to inherit a fortune. Deruga refuses to provide an alibi to protect the reputation of another woman, but his innocence is eventually proven when it is revealed his ex-wife actually committed suicide to end her suffering from a terminal illness. The doctor is acquitted, but remains haunted by the experience.
Cast
Willy Birgel as Dr. Stefan Deruga
Geraldine Katt as Baroness Mingo Truschkowitz
Dagny Servaes as Baronin Truschkowitz
Georg Alexander as Baron Truschkowitz
Käthe Haack as Marta Schwertfeger
Claire Winter as Ursula Züger
Hans Leibelt as Justizrat Dr. Klemm
Erich Fiedler as Dr. Schelling
Paul Bildt as Landgerichtsvorsitzender Dr. Zeunemann
Walter Franck as Senior Prosecutor
Ernst Karchow as Prosecutor Dr. Noth
Erika von Thellmann as Therese Klinkhardt
Roma Bahn as Valeska Durich
Fritz Odemar as Hofrat Dr. Mäulchen
Leo Peukert as Verzelli
Erich Ziegel as Professor Vandermühl
Oscar Sabo as Hausmeister Schulz
Beppo Brem as Friseur Alfinger
Walter Albrecht as 1. Geschworener
Otto Braml as 1. Gerichtswachtmeister
Walter Buhse as 2 Geschworener
Loulou Daenner as 2. Journalistin
Jac Diehl as Justizwachtmeister
Josefine Dora as Garderobiere
Peter Erkelenz as Sachverständiger
Wilhelm Große as 6. Geschworener
Christine Großmann as 1. Journalistin
Kurt Hagen as 2. Gerichtswachtmeister
Bruno Klockmann as 3. Geschworener
William Leo as Protokollführer
Karin Luesebrink as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
Guenther Markert as 2. Journalist
Otto Marle as 4. Geschworener
Edith Meinhard as Serviererin
Hugo Meissl as Prozesszeichner
Hans Nerking as 1. Beisitzer
Alfred Pussert as 3. Journalist
Louis Ralph as Kriminalbeamter
Leo Reiter as 5. Geschworener
Arthur Reppert as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
Jutta Sabo as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
Ernst Albert Schaach Diener Fredrich
Willi Schaeffers as Privatdetektiv
Walter Schenk as 4. Journalist
S.O. Schoening as 2. Beisitzer
Wera Schultz as Zuschauerin bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
Alfred Stratmann as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung =
Tommy Thomas as Zuschauer bei der Gerichtsverhandlung
Bruno Tillessen as Gast im Café
Egon Vogel as 5. Journalist
Jens von Hagen as 1. Journalist
Hubert von Meyerinck as Riedmüller
Walter Werner as Sanitätsrat Dr. Gürtner