Why Cry at Parting? explained

Why Cry at Parting? (de|'''Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht?''') is a 1929 British-German silent film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Dina Gralla, Harry Halm and Paul Morgan.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann, Herbert O. Phillips and Werner Schlichting. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Southampton.

Cast

• Dina Gralla as Sybil Werner
• Harry Halm as Frank Western, Prokurist von Harder & Co.
• Paul Morgan as Harder, Chef des Bankhauses Harder & Co.
• Antonie Jaeckel as Mrs. Harder, seine Frau
• Lottina Baart as Agathe, seine Tochter
• S.Z. Sakall as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.
• Paul Hörbiger as Tortoni, ein Illusionist
• Vera Voronina as Pamela, seine Partnerin
• Gerhard Pechner sings: "Casanova"
• Maria Forescu
• Else Reval
• Adi Seitz as Adelheid
• Sylvia Torf
• Felix Verna as Black Dancer
• Michael von Newlinsky

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 466