Two inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred Döblin’s novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
Emil Jannings
Gustav Bumke
Anna Sten
Russen-Annya
Trude Hesterberg
Yvonne
Franz Nicklisch
Willy Prawanzke
Anton Pointner
Ralph Kruschewski
Wilhelm Bendow
Emmerich
Otto Wernicke
Hans Deppe
Hans Reimann
Julius Falkenstein
Hermann Vallentin
Erich Pommer
Producer
Friedrich Hollaender
Music
Viktor Gertler
Editor
Günther Rittau
Director of Photography
Otto Baecker
Erich Kettelhut
Art Direction
Waldemar Jabs
Makeup Artist
Robert Siodmak
Director
Hans Müller
Writer
Robert Liebmann