Tragedy of Youth (German: Jugendtragödie) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Roland Varno, Eva Speyer and Jaro Fürth. The son of a washerwoman is sent to a reform school for a minor crime, his mates having tricked him into stealing some money. He breaks out but the path he is on leads to him getting in fights, until he commits a murder.[1]
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Directed by | Adolf Trotz |
Written by | Adolf Lantz |
Produced by | Josef Stein |
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Music by | Werner Schmidt-Boelcke |
Production company | Luna-Film |
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Country | Germany |
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Cast
edit- Roland Varno as Peter
- Eva Speyer as Peters Muter
- Jaro Fürth as Inhaber einer Zeitungsfiliale
- Eberhard Mack as Sein Sohn Erich
- Wolfgang Zilzer as Emil
- Friedrich Kurth as Franz
- Emmy von Nagy as Cläre – ein Fürsorgezögling
- Fritz Kampers
- Julius Falkenstein
- Carla Bartheel
- Kurt Brenkendorf
References
edit- ^ Prawer p.88
Bibliography
edit- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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