''Menschen im Käfig'' (''People in the Cage'') is a 1930 British-made

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891 – 12 December 1956) was a German film director, one of the pioneers of the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He was often credited as E. A. Dupont. Early life and career Born in Zeitz, Saxony and rai ...

and starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt ( , ; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German and British actor. He attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man ...

Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn, 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director. Life and career Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn into a Jews, Jewish family. He studied at the Vien ...

and

Tala Birell Tala Birell (born Natalie Bierle; 10 September 1907 – 17 February 1958) was a Romanian-bornThe reference book ''Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins'' identifies Birell as a Polish-Austrian actress.A feature about Bi ...

.BFI.org
/ref> It was the German-language version of the 1931

British International Pictures Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned appro ...

film '' Cape Forlorn''. A French-language version ''

Le cap perdu ''Le cap perdu'' (''The Lost Cape'') is a 1931 British-made drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Harry Baur, Henri Bosc and Jean-Max. It was a French-language version of the film '' Cape Forlorn'' made by British Internationa ...

'' was also produced at the same time. It was based on a story by Frank Harvey.

Cast

- Kingsley *

- Captain Kell *

- Eileen Kell *

Heinrich George Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Early life George was born in Pomerania to August Friedrich Schulz, a former Deck Officer in t ...

- Cass *

Julius Brandt Julius Brandt (5 March 1873 in Olomouc – 26 December 1949 in Vienna) was an Austrians, Austrian stage actor, stage and film actor, film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * ''The Gentleman Without a Residence (1915 film), The Gent ...

- Parsons

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* 1930 films 1930 drama films 1930s German-language films British multilingual films Films directed by E. A. Dupont British drama films British black-and-white films 1930 multilingual films Films set in lighthouses Films shot at British International Pictures Studios 1930s British films German-language drama films {{1930s-UK-film-stub