Two People (1930 film)

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Two People (German: Zwei Menschen) is a 1930 German

The film was distributed by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures. It is adapted from 1911 novel of the same title by Richard Voss. It has been filmed in Germany on two other occasions a 1924 silent Two People by Hanns Schwarz and a 1952 sound film Two People by Paul May.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Leopold Blonder and Willy Schiller. It was partly shot on location in Italy.

Plot

Junker Rochus and Judith Platter are in love. Rochus' mother, a domineering religious fanatic, wants him to break off the relationship and become a priest, but he is reluctant to do so. The mother swears that he will take up orders, but when he does not follow through she dies of grief. Feeling guilty, Rochus reluctantly abandons his romance with Judith and enters the priesthood. Judith commits suicide, and Rochus finds that he must preside at her funeral.

Cast

• Charlotte Susa as Judith Platter
• Gustav Fröhlich as Junker Rochus
• Friedrich Kayßler
  as Der Kardinal
• Fritz Alberti as Graf Enna
• Hermine Sterler as Gräfin Enna
• Karl Platen as Der Diener Florian
• Bernd Aldor as Hauskaplan
• Harry Nestor as Der Jungknecht Martin
• Lucie Englisch as Die Jungmagd Josepha
• Theodor Loos as Ein Prior
• Friedrich Ettel as Der Prior vom Kloster Neustift

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Two People at
  IMDb

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