''Children's Tragedy'' (German: ''Kindertragödie'') is a 1928 German silent

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directed by

Phil Jutzi Phil Jutzi (sometimes known as Piel Jutzi) (22 July 1896 – 1 May 1946) was a German cinematographer and film director. Biography Born Philipp Jutzi in Altleiningen as the son of a tailor, Jutzi was self-educated. (He seems to have been generally ...

and Karl Lutz and starring

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...

Jaro Fürth Jaro Fürth (born Jaroslav Edwin Fürth; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Early life Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.Maria Zelenka Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was an Austrian film actress.Grange p.148 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lola Montez'' (1919) * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920) * '' The Blood of the Ancestors'' (1920) * '' Alfred von Ingelheim's Dra ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.233 It was made by the

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-backed studio

Prometheus-Film Mezhrabpomfilm (), from the word ''film'', and the Russian acronym for Workers International Relief or Workers International Aid (, was a German-Russian film studio, formerly Mezhrabpom-Rus, from 1928-1936. Currently “Gorky Film Studio” His ...

Cast

* Holmes Zimmermann * Hermi Lutz

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Phil Jutzi German black-and-white films 1928 drama films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub