''People in Need'' (german: Volk in Not or ) is a 1925 German
silent war film
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...
directed by
Wolfgang Neff
Wolfgang Neff (8 September 1875 – after November 1936) was an Austrian film director. He directed 50 films between 1920 and 1930. He was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic).
Selected filmography
* '' Nat Pink ...
and starring
Hermine Sterler
Minna Stern (20 March 1894 – 25 May 1982), known professionally as Hermine Sterler, was a German-American actress whose career spanned both the silent and the talkie film eras on two continents.
Career
Sterler, who appeared in several Hol ...
,
Werner Pittschau and
Claire Rommer.
[Kester p. 194]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Willi Herrmann
Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director.
Selected filmography
* '' Madness'' (1919)
* '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919)
* '' Jettatore'' (1919)
* '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* '' The Mahar ...
.
Cast
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Hermine Sterler
Minna Stern (20 March 1894 – 25 May 1982), known professionally as Hermine Sterler, was a German-American actress whose career spanned both the silent and the talkie film eras on two continents.
Career
Sterler, who appeared in several Hol ...
as Elisabeth Ditten, Gutsbesitzerin
*
Werner Pittschau as Horst - Elisabeths Sohn
*
Claire Rommer as Herta - Elisabeths Nichte
*
Heinrich Peer as Der Oberst
*
Josef Breitbart as Ein Offiziersbursche
*
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor.
Career
Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, Will ...
as Der Pastor
*
Eva Speyer as Die Pastorin
*
Sophie Pagay
Sophie Berg Pagay (22 April 1860 – 23 January 1937) was an Austrian stage and film actress, born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. She began acting as a child, and went to Berlin to perform on stage in 1887. She married actor Hans Pagay.
Selecte ...
as Die Magd
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Eduard von Winterstein
Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...
as General Samsonoff
*
Gustav Adolf Semler as Graf Wolkonski - Samsonoffs Adjutant
*
Karl Beckersachs
Karl Beckersachs (1886–1951) was a German stage and film actor.Goble p.481 He is sometimes credited as Carl Beckersachs.
Selected filmography
* ''His Majesty the Hypochondriac'' (1918)
* ''Midnight'' (1918)
* '' In the Castle by the Lake'' (19 ...
as Jergunoff - russischer Stabsarzt
*
Aruth Wartan as Russischer Generalstabchef
*
Ernst Rückert
Anton Ernst Rückert (20 December 1886 – 3 September 1945) was a German stage and film actor.
Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an eng ...
as Russischer Leutnant
*
Traute Gerlach as Ein Bauernmädchen
References
Bibliography
* Kester, Bernadette. ''Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919–1933)''. Amsterdam University Press, 2003.
External links
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1925 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Wolfgang Neff
German war films
1925 war films
German black-and-white films
World War I films set on the Eastern Front
1920s German films
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