20 Nov 1956
Bigger Than Life
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
The White Demon
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.
Top Billed Cast
Hans Albers Heini Gildemeister
Gerda Maurus Gerda Gildemeister
Peter Lorre Hunchback
Lucie Höflich Gildemeister's Mutter
Trude von Molo Dora Lind
Alfred Abel Gorre
Hubert von Meyerinck Marquis d'Esquillon
Hans Joachim Schaufuß Gorre's Son
Philipp Manning 
Klaus Pohl Theaterdiener
Ernst Pröckl 
Raoul Aslan Alfred Beierle 
Ernst Behmer 
Paul Biensfeldt Julius Brandt 
Hans-Joachim Büttner 
Eugen Burg 
Louis Brody Julius E. Herrmann
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