''The Women's War'' (German: ''Der Weiberkrieg'') is a 1928 German

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directed by Franz Seitz and starring

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and

Lotte Lorring Lotte Lorring (born Erna Else Charlotte Budzinski; 6 December 1893 – 20 March 1939) was a German stage and film actress and operetta singer.Chandler p.272 Death Lorring died on 20 March 1939, aged 45, in Berlin, Germany. Filmography * '' Um ...

.Elsaesser & Wedel p.86 It is based upon the play by

Ludwig Anzengruber Ludwig Anzengruber (29 November 1839 – 10 December 1889) was an Austrian dramatist, novelist and poet. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria. Origins The Anzengruber line originated in the district of Ried im Innkreis in Upper Austria. Lu ...

. It was made at the

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for release by

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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August Rinaldi August Rinaldi (1883–1962) was a German art director. He worked on around fifty films during the silent era. Rinaldi was of Jewish descent.Prawer p.212 Selected filmography * ''Let There Be Light'' (1917) * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ...

Cast

as Der Gelbhofbauer *

as Josefa, seine Frau *

as Liesel, Kellnerin * Hans Albrecht as Der Altlechner * Henriette Speidel as Die Altlechnerin *

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as Der junge Altlechner * Erta Linde as Reserl, Seine Frau *

Ferdinand Martini Ferdinand Martini (1 September 1870 – 23 December 1930) was a German film actor. He appeared in 38 films between 1920 and 1931. He was born in Munich and died in Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1920) * '' Nig ...

as Der Steinklopferhans *

Josef Eichheim Josef Theodor Ludwig Eichheim (23 February 1888 – 13 November 1945) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) * '' The Women's War'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Peter Voss, T ...

as Der Brenninger * Johanna Schwarz as Die Brenningerin

References

Bibliography

Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. ''A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades''. Amsterdam University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Franz Seitz German silent feature films Films based on works by Ludwig Anzengruber Films set in the Alps German black-and-white films Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub