The Citadel of Warsaw (1930 film)
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| Directed by | Jacob Fleck Luise Fleck |
| Written by | Gabriela Zapolska (play) Hans Rameau |
| Produced by | Liddy Hegewald Kurt Heinz |
| Starring | Victor Varconi La Jana Adam Brodzisz |
| Cinematography | Georg Muschner |
| Music by | Bernard Homola |
Production company | Hegewald Film |
| Distributed by | Hegewald Film |
Release date | 28 May 1930 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Citadel of Warsaw (German: Die Warschauer Zitadelle) is a 1930 German
Herbert O. Phillips. It was based on the play Tamten by Gabriela Zapolska, subsequently remade as the 1937 film The Citadel of Warsaw.[2]
Synopsis
In Warsaw, then part of the Russian Empire, a student is arrested for revolutionary activities. He is released and strikes up a relationship with the niece of a senior figure in the repressive authorities who is being forced into an arranged marriage. In addition he encounters the seductive dancer Vera who is a spy for the Russians.
Cast
- Victor Varconi as Boris Gorski
- La Jana as Vera Proskaja
- Adam Brodzisz as Steffan Bogdanski
- Ferdinand Hart as General Horn
- Louis Treumann as Oberst Korniloff, Chef der Geheimpolizei
- Harry Hardt as Oberleutnant Strelkoff
- Hilda Rosch as Sonja Lasotzka, Nichte General Horns
- Olga Limburg as Pensionsinhaberin
References
Bibliography
- Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1930. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
External links
- The Citadel of Warsaw at IMDb
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