The White Demon
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Heini Gildemeister
Gerda Gildemeister
Hunchback
Gildemeister's Mutter
Gorre
Marquis d'Esquillon
Theaterdiener
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When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase.
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1932-11-19
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