Incest (film)

Incest
Incest
Directed by	James Bauer
Written by	Herbert Juttke; Georg C. Klaren;
Produced by	Josef Hahn
Starring	Walter Rilla; Erna Morena; Olga Chekhova;
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann
Music by	Pasquale Perris
Production; company	Ines Internationale Spielfilm
Distributed by	Biograph-Film
Release date	16 October 1929;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles;

Incest (German: § 173 St.G. B. Blutschande) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by James Bauer and starring Walter Rilla, Erna Morena, and Olga Chekhova.^[1] It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner.

Synopsis

Gardener Martin Hollman meets Lisbeth his much older wife Hedwig's daughter from her first marriage. She becomes his housekeeper and the two fall in love and when she falls pregnant go to get married. At the registry office they are informed that under the criminal code they are considered to have committed incest.

Cast

Walter Rilla as Martin Hollman
Erna Morena as Hedwig Hollman seine Frau
Olga Chekhova as Lisbeth Kröger, deren Tochter aus erster Ehe
Olga Limburg as Margot Stein
Grete Graal as Edith Hollman deren Tochter
Paul Otto as Rolf van Heynen
Paul Henckels as Amtmann
Theodor Loos as Pastor
Max Maximilian as Gendarm
Ekkehard Arendt as Gärtnergehilfe
Valy Arnheim

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 192.

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

Incest at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEBockBergfelder192-1] Bock & Bergfelder, p. 192.

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