The actor Marcel Merminod began his film career in 1930 in Germany.
To his first movies belong "Der Sohn der weissen Berge" (1930) with Luis Trenker, Carl Froelich's "Brand in der Oper" (1930) with Gustav Fröhlich and Gustaf Gründgens, "Grock" (1931) directed by Carl Boese, and "Die Koffer des Herrn O.F." (1931) with Peter Lorre, Alfred Abel and Hedy Lamarr.