''The Youths'' (german: Die Halbwüchsigen) is a 1929 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...

directed by

Edmund Heuberger Edmund Heuberger (1883–1962) was a Swiss art director, screenwriter and film director.Goble p.387 Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' The Man Without Nerves'' (1924) * '' The Fake Emir'' (1924) * '' A Dangerous Game'' (1924) * '' Adventur ...

and starring

Georgia Lind Georgia Lind (1905–1984) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in a mixture of leading and supporting roles in films. From the mid-1930s she devoted herself increasingly to the theatre, and post-Second World War she also did a large ...

, Daisy D'Ora, and

Anton Pointner Anton Pointner (8 December 1894 in Salzburg – 8 September 1949 in Hintersee) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as well ...

.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 9'' p. 545 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

. The film's art direction was by

Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) * '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) ...

and

Willy Schiller Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director.Allan & Sandford p.3 In the later part of his career he worked for DEFA, the East German state-controlled film studio. Selected filmography * '' Radio Magic'' (1927) * ' ...

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* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Edmund Heuberger German silent feature films German black-and-white films Films shot at Staaken Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub