The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".


Epilogue (1950)
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Horst Caspar
Reporter Peter Zabel

Bettina Moissi
Leata

O.E. Hasse
Chefredakteur Dr. Mannheim

Hans Leibelt
Cheflektor Kurt E. Beckmann

Irene von Meyendorff
Conchita/Braut von Martin Jarzombeck

Fritz Kortner
Mr. P. L. Hoopman

Hilde Hildebrand
Mrs. Eleanor Hoopman

Peter van Eyck
FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund

Hans Christian Blech
Bräutigam Martin Jarzombeck