- Country: Austria
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1940-04-19
- Director: Werner Hochbaum
- Writers: Karl Buda , G.C. Claren , Walter von Hollander
- Language: German
- Stars: Luise Ullrich , Gustav Diessl , Lucie Höflich , Oskar Sima , Anton Pointner , Tibor Halmay , Rudolf Carl , Gretel Berndt , Albert Heine , Richard Waldemar
- Runtime: 77 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Skiai tou parelthontos (Greece) , En kvinnas hemlighet (Sweden) , Helena , La doppia vita di Elena Gall (Italy) , Schatten der Vergangenheit (Austria) , Schatten der Vergangenheit (Germany) , Helene Gall-saken (Norway) , Helena , Schatten der Vergangenheit , Shadows of the Past
- Plot: When one of a pair of twin sisters accidentally drowns, the other, who has just served four years for murder, masquerades as her. But two fellow criminals threaten to expose her real identity.
- IMDB:tt0028223
Schatten der Vergangenheit Cast · · · ALL
Werner Hochbaum
Director
Luise Ullrich
Betty Gall, Revuestar + Helene, Kaffeehausgeigerin
Gustav Diessl
Dr. Hans Hellwig, Staatsanwalt
Lucie Höflich
Anna, Wirtschafterin bei Betty Gall
Oskar Sima
Semmelweich, Verbrecher
Anton Pointner
Brillanten-Emil, Verbrecher
Tibor Halmay
Baron Hayduk
Rudolf Carl
Waraschitz, Inspizient
Gretel Berndt
Anita Roller, Schauspielerin
Richard Waldemar
Janos, Bootswärter
Mihail Xantho
Untersuchungsrichter
Robert Valberg
Arzt
Mizi Griebl
Garderobenfrau
Oskar Pouché
Ernst Pröckl