---
title: 'I Am Sebastian Ott (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Willi Forst'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'German Reich'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-am-sebastian-ott-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031471/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I Am Sebastian Ott (1939)

1939 · 97 min · Crime · German Reich

Original title: Ich bin Sebastian Ott

## Synopsis

I Am Sebastian Ott is a 1939 German crime film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Gustav Diessl and Trude Marlen. Some of the film was shot by the assistant director Viktor Becker. It was shot partly at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. The plot revolves around art fraud with Forst playing the dual role of twins, one honest and the other corrupt.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst), [Viktor Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-becker)
- **Screenplay:** [Axel Eggebrecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-eggebrecht), [Eberhard Keindorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/eberhard-keindorff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Theo Mackeben](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-mackeben)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carl Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-hoffmann)
- **Editor:** [Hans Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-wolff)

## Cast

- [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst)
- [Richard Eybner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-eybner)
- [Otto Treßler](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-tre-ler)
- [Reinhold Häussermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-haussermann)
- [Gustav Diessl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-diessl)
- [Eduard Köck](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-kock)
- [Trude Marlen](https://cinepixo.com/people/trude-marlen)
- [Paul Hörbiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-horbiger)
- [Alfred Neugebauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-neugebauer)
- [Josefine Kramer-Glöckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefine-kramer-glockner)

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