After a shady art collector is murdered, adept Dr. Sebastian Ott uncovers a massive organised fraud with fake paintings. His twin brother Ludwig is responsible, kidnaps him and locks him away in his house. He uses Otto's ID and 'replaces' him...

• Bavaria Film
• Deutsche Forst-Filmproduktion GmbH
• Willi Forst
• Gustav Diessl
• Paul Hörbiger
• Ady Berber
• Eduard Köck
• Trude Marlen
• H. Berger
• Lorenz Corvinus