A Step into the Darkness

Feb 17, 1938

★ 5.5

Overview

A dashing but mysterious man saves a gambler from suicide, crashes the posh party of a prominent industrialist, falls in love with his daughter, and finds himself in a web of intrigue revolving around her blackmailing fiance and a gang of counterfeiters.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Production Companies

Lucernafilm

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Cast

Eva Haller

Adina Mandlová

Ronny

Rolf Wanka

Valentin the Valet

Václav Trégl

Jan Haller

František Smolík

Linde

Zvonimir Rogoz

Magda

Alena Frimlová

Fred Baron

Vítězslav Boček

Fat Party Guest

Theodor Pištěk

Fat Guest's Wife

Růžena Šlemrová

Henchman Josef

František Kreuzmann

František Roland

Police Kommissar

Gustav Hilmar

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