People in Need (film) explained

People in Need (de|'''Volk in Not''' or German: '''Ein Heldenlied von Tannenberg''') is a 1925 German silent war film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Hermine Sterler, Werner Pittschau and Claire Rommer.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

• Hermine Sterler as Elisabeth Ditten, Gutsbesitzerin
• Werner Pittschau as Horst - Elisabeths Sohn
• Claire Rommer as Herta - Elisabeths Nichte
• Heinrich Peer as Der Oberst
• Josef Breitbart as Ein Offiziersbursche
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Der Pastor
• Eva Speyer as Die Pastorin
• Sophie Pagay as Die Magd
• Eduard von Winterstein as General Samsonoff
• Gustav Adolf Semler as Graf Wolkonski - Samsonoffs Adjutant
• Karl Beckersachs as Jergunoff - russischer Stabsarzt
• Aruth Wartan as Russischer Generalstabchef
• Ernst Rückert as Russischer Leutnant
• Traute Gerlach as Ein Bauernmädchen

Bibliography

• Kester, Bernadette. Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919–1933). Amsterdam University Press, 2003.

Notes and References

1. Kester p. 194