''The Red Rider'' (German: ''Der rote Reiter'') is a 1935 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Rolf Randolf Rolf Randolf (born Rudolf Zanbauer; 15 January 1878 – 29 June 1941) was an Austrian actor, film producer and director. Selected filmography Director * ''Das Geheimnis der Santa Margherita'' (1921) * ''Wallenstein'' (1925) * '' What the Stones ...

and starring Iván Petrovich, Camilla Horn and

Friedrich Ulmer Friedrich Ulmer (1877–1952) was a German film actor. Partial filmography * ''Das schwarze Amulett'' (1920) * ''Der Totenkopf'' (1920) * ''Die Hexe von Lolaruh'' (1920) as Waldläufer * ''A Dying Nation'' (1922, part 1, 2) * '' Helena'' (1924) ...

.Noack p.76 It is based on the 1922 novel of the same title by Franz Xaver Kappus which had previously been made into a 1923

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 ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Wilhelm Depenau Wilhelm Depenau (1884-1952) was a German art director.Reid p.99 Selected filmography * ''The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'' (1924) * ''Come Back, All Is Forgiven'' (1929) * ''Viennese Waltz'' (1932) * ''The Love Hotel'' (1933) * '' The Doub ...

and

Erich Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 – 15 April 1991) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal ...

Cast

* Iván Petrovich as Rittmeister Otto von Wellisch * Camilla Horn as Hasia Nowrowska *

as Generaldirektor Livius *

Marieluise Claudius Marie Luise Claudius (6 January 1912 – 2 August 1941) was a German actress. Claudius was the daughter of the court actor and writer Erich Claudius and the actress Lisbeth Reschke. During her childhood, she appeared several times on the stage ...

as Etelka, seine Tochter *

Veit Harlan Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial ...

as Andreas, sein Sohn * Kurt Vespermann as Leutnant Biegl * Oskar Sima as Schopf, ein Agent * Bruno Ziener as Heckeli *

Dorothea Thiess Dorothea Thiess (1897–1973) was a German stage, film and television actress.Welch p.274 Selected filmography * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * ''Scandal on Park Street'' (1932) * ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) * ''The Roberts Case'' (1933) * ''The Re ...

as Mascha * Michael von Newlinsky *

Ernst Rotmund Ernst Rotmund (26 November 1886 – 2 March 1955) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1917 to 1954. Selected filmography References External links * 1886 births 1955 deaths German male film actors ...

* Hans Schneider * Alfred Stein *

Arthur Reppert Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ...

Karl Falkenberg Karl Falkenberg (born Karl Franz Josef Falkenberg, 6 April 1887 – died after 1936) was a German-Jewish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Clown Charly'' (1918) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Blackmailed'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1 ...

References

Bibliography

* Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

* 1935 films 1935 drama films German drama films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Rolf Randolf German black-and-white films Remakes of German films Sound film remakes of silent films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub