''The Good Comrade'' (German: ''Ich hatt' einen Kameraden''), or I Had a Comrade, is a 1923 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by Hans Felsing and starring

Willy Kaiser-Heyl Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1919 and 1952. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * ...

, Henri Peters-Arnolds and

Margit Barnay Margit Barnay (born Margit Jana Rosenstock; 5 April 1896 – 11 January 1974) was a German film actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Boy in Blue (1919 film), The Boy in Blue'' (1919) * ''Satan (1920 film), Satan'' (1920) * ''F ...

. It takes its title from a popular song.

Cast

as Bürgermeister Ritter *Henri Peters-Arnolds as Dr. Joachim Ritter *

as Dorothee *Albert Maurer as Student Wolf *Fritz Alten as Kommandant Bruyère *

Georg John Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor. Early life Georg Jacobsohn was born into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany. Career John began his ...

as Marodeur *Franz Stephans as Marodeur *Fritz Ruß as Amtsdiener *

Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Lorenzo Burghardt ...

as Schuster Faber

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* 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German black-and-white films Films directed by Hans Felsing 1923 drama films Silent German drama films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub