I Am Sebastian Ott
1939-08-10 · 94 min · ★ 10.0
After a shady art collector is murdered, adept Dr. Sebastian Ott uncovers a massive organised fraud with fake paintings. His twin brother Ludwig is responsible, kidnaps him and locks him away in his house. He uses Otto's ID and 'replaces' him...
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- Directors
- Willi Forst, Viktor Becker
- Production companies
- Bavaria Film, Deutsche Forst-Filmproduktion GmbH
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Willi ForstSebastian Ott / Ludwig Ott
Gustav DiesslStrobl
Paul HörbigerKriminalrat Baumann
Ady BerberMeinhardt, Ganove
Eduard KöckEberle
Trude MarlenErika
Richard EybnerSchmiedl
Pepi Glöckner-KramerMarie, Mädchen bei Holzapfel
Reinhold HäussermannProfessor Nissen
Alfred NeugebauerDr. Nemetz, Kriminalrat in Prag
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