Back to browse
70% Critic Match
Im Kampf mit der Unterwelt
7.0 / 10• 1930• 1h 35m•NR• German
CrimeThriller
Storyline
A banker who had fallen out with his family stipulated in his will that his fortune should only pass to the person in possession of the five keys he distributed to his relatives during his lifetime 80 years after his death. Only with all five keys can the cassette in the vault of a bank be opened, granting access to the deceased's assets. 75 years after the banker's death, the fugitive crook Murphy comes into possession of one of the keys, together with a list of the names of the owners of the four remaining keys. Over the next five years, he manages to obtain two more keys by criminal means. Now he just has to get the fourth key from Carlo and the fifth key from the young, rich widow Maria. Any means will do. But the unscrupulous villain has not reckoned with Carlo's shrewdness, who initially falls under suspicion himself, but then takes up the pursuit of the criminal.
Cast & Crew
Carlo Aldini
Carlo
Lead
Ruth Weyher
Bessie
Sig Arno
Detective Puzzle
Grit Haid
Maria Bendley
Ferdinand von Alten
Muphy
LN
Lydia Newerowskaja
Maria's Daughter
Fritz Greiner
Watts
Maria Forescu
Maid
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carlo Aldini's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Im Kampf mit der Unterwelt is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
