Tragedy of Youth

1929 film

Cinematography
  • Robert Lach
  • Erwin Lachs
Music byWerner Schmidt-Boelcke
Production
company
Luna-Film
Release date
  • 17 December 1929 (1929-12-17)
CountryGermanyLanguages
  • Silent
  • German intertitles

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]

Cast

  • 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

  1. ^ Prawer p.88

Bibliography

  • Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
  • Tragedy of Youth at IMDb
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