''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

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 *

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

* 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 {{1920s-Germany-film-stub