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Mary (1931) is a UK-German co-production film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the German language version of Hitchcock's Murder! (1930), shot simultaneously on the same sets with German speaking actors. The film is based on the play Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson, and stars Alfred Abel and Olga Tschechowa. Miles Mander reprises his role as Gordon Druce from Murder!, though the character's name was changed to Gordon Moore.
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Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
Written by | Clemence Dane Helen de Guerry Simpson Alma Reville Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren |
Starring | Alfred Abel Olga Tschechowa |
Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
Distributed by | British International Pictures (UK) Sud-Film (Germany) |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Weimar Republic United Kingdom |
Language | German |
Screenplay
- Alfred Abel as Sir John Menier
- Olga Tschechowa as Mary Baring
- Paul Graetz as Bobby Brown
- Lotte Stein as Bebe Brown
- Hermine Sterler as Miss Miller
- Ekkehard Arendt as Handel Fane
- Miles Mander as Gordon Moore
- John Mylong as John Stuart
Mary was long thought to have been lost and was not legally available on any video format until 21 April 2006, when the film was released as a bonus feature on a German DVD release of Murder! Two months later, on 20 June 2006, it was also released on a French DVD of Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn.