''It's You I Have Loved'' (german: Dich hab ich geliebt) is a 1929
German
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drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and producer of the Silent and early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I Have Loved'' in 1929.Kreimeier p.182
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and starring
Mady Christians,
Walter Jankuhn
Walter Jankuhn (14 July 1888 - 22 May 1953) was a German classical tenor. He also played the main role in the film ''It's You I Have Loved
''It's You I Have Loved'' (german: Dich hab ich geliebt) is a 1929 German drama film directed by Rudolf ...
, and
Hans Stüwe
Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Prinz Louis Ferdinand'' (1927)
* ''Potsdam (film), Potsdam'' (1927)
* ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927)
* ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927)
* ''Ass ...
. It is considered the first full
sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...
to be made in Germany (following part-sound films which had been released earlier in the year). When it was released in the
United States
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, the film's plot was compared to that of ''
The Jazz Singer''. It is also known as ''Because I Loved You''.
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1929 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1929 drama films
German drama films
1920s German-language films
Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein
German black-and-white films
1920s German films
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