Revolt in the Reformatory (German: Revolte im Erziehungshaus) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Georg Asagaroff and starring Carl Balhaus, Vera Baranovskaya, Toni van Eyck. The film was based on a play by Peter Martin Lampel intended as an exposé of the youth justice system. The film was considered controversial, and was banned four times before its eventual release.[1] The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew.
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| Directed by | Georg Asagaroff |
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Production company | Grohnert-Film-Produktion |
| Distributed by | Atlas-Filmverleih |
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| Country | Germany |
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Cast edit
- Carl Balhaus as Fritz
- Vera Baranovskaya as Fritz' mother
- Toni van Eyck as Fritz' sister
- Wolfgang Zilzer as Hans
- Peter Wolff as Erwin
- Julius E. Herrmann as Direktor
- Hugo Werner-Kahle as Hausvater
- Renate Müller as Hausvater's daughter
- Oskar Homolka as Erzieher
- Rudolf Platte as Erziehungsgehilfe
- Veit Harlan as Kurt
- Ilse Stobrawa as Lucie
- Willy Clever
- Friedrich Gnaß
References edit
- ^ Kreimeier p.192
Bibliography edit
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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