''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (german: Die Kreutzersonate) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring

Lil Dagover Lil Dagover (; born Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert; 30 September 1887 – 23 January 1980) was a German actress whose film career spanned between 1913 and 1979. She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar ...

, Peter Petersen and Albrecht Schoenhals.Rentschler p. 167 It was based on the 1889 novella of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. The film's

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was by

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and Willy Schiller.

Cast

as Jelaina Posdnyschew * Peter Petersen as Andrej Posdnyschew * Albrecht Schoenhals as Gregor Tuchatschewsky * Hilde Körber as Gruschenka *

Walter Werner Walter Gotthard Werner (11 April 1883 – 8 January 1956) was a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1921 to 1956. Selected filmography References External links * 1883 births 1956 deaths German male film actor ...

as Dr. Raskin * Wolfgang Kieling as Wassja * Paul Bildt as Anwalt im Zugabteil *

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as Jungvermälter im Zugabteil * Ilse Cotence as Dirne Lisawetha *

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as Landarbeiterin Marfa *

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as Gast bei Andrei * Gabriele Hoffmann as Baronin auf Andrejs Fest *

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as Fräulein im Zugabteil * Paul Adalbert Ebelt as Gast auf Andrejs Fest * Leo Peukert as Impresario Stansky * Franz Pollandt as Troikakutscher * Werner Siegert as Kartenspieler Maxim Wassilowitsch *

Armin Schweizer Armin Schweizer (28 April 1892 – 8 October 1968) was a Swiss actor. Schweizer was born in Zurich, Switzerland and died there at age 76 Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) * ''The Mayor of Z ...

as Alter Mann im Zugabteil * Lotte Spira as Fürstin auf Andrejs Fest *

Max Wilmsen Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

as Ober im Wiesbadener Lokal * Bruno Ziener as Diener Iwan * Ellen Becker as 1. Verehrerin Gregors * Friedl Hampter as Verehrerin Gregors * Gertrud Hartwig as 3. Verehrerin Gregors * Inge Stratner as Verehrerin Gregors * Mussia Gürtler as Dienstmädchen Kitty *

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as 1. Konzertbesucher in Wiesbaden *

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as 2. Konzertbesucher in Wiesbaden * Paul Ludwig Frey as 3. Konzertbesucher in Wiesbaden * Werner Pledath as Hotelgast * Ingeborg Carlsson as Blondine im Hotelspeisesaal * Günther Lüders

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* 1937 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1937 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Veit Harlan UFA GmbH films Kreutzer Sonata 1937 German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub