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Film / 1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
Directed by
William Dieterle
Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a continent-wide area. The military applications are already being thought of when Dr. Johansson is kidnapped by a group of profit-seeking mercenaries. Meanwhile, his daughter, Karin, finds herself having to consort with all manner of shady characters as she searches for her father.
The story
Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a continent-wide area. The military applications are already being thought of when Dr. Johansson is kidnapped by a group of profit-seeking mercenaries. Meanwhile, his daughter, Karin, finds herself having to consort with all manner of shady characters as she searches for her father.
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Cast
Martha HyerKarin Johanson
Micheline PresleMadame Latour
Carlos ThompsonPeter Lundström
Wolfgang PreissDr. Henrik Brandes
Carl LangeBerakov
Hans NielsenColonel Dagget
Gino CerviProfessor Johanson
Lino VenturaBiamonte
Charles RegnierNorvald
Bruno W. PantelPolizeipräfekt
Leon AskinFernando
SabuLin-Chor
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