''Homesick'' (German: ''Heimweh'') is a 1927

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silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. It was shot at the

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. The film's

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was by Hans Jacoby. It is set among a group of Russian émigrés living in

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.Gibson p.20

Cast

as Fürstin Lydia Trubezkoj *

as Iwan Bogdanow, Verwalter *

as Madame Kamenskaja *

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as Madame Lorrain *

Simone Vaudry Simone Vaudry (25 February 1906 – 3 January 1993) was a French film actress, most of whose films were made during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' L'épingle rouge'' (1921) * '' The Black Sheep'' (1922) * '' Vingt ans après'' (192 ...

as Jeanette, ihre Tochter *

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as Alte russische Baronin *

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References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Gibson, Hamilton Bertie. ''Hans Eysenck: the man and his work''. Owen, 1981.

External links

* 1927 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German drama films Films directed by Gennaro Righelli Terra Film films 1927 drama films German black-and-white films Films set in Paris Silent drama films Films shot at Terra Studios 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub