Top Cast
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Harry Piel
Benito
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Raimondo Van Riel
Herzog Ludowico
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Fritz Greiner
Statthalter Francesco Ganossa
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José Davert
Matteo
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Olga Limburg
Teresa
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Karl Etlinger
Prälat
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Dary Holm
Beatrice
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Denise Legeay
Fiametta
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Albert Paulig
Der alte Polizeipräfekt
Overview
Filmarchiv Austria holds a non-access master print and a nitrate duplicate negative of the film.
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