Two Red Roses

1928 film

Two Red Roses

Directed by| Robert Land
Written by| Robert Liebmann
Starring|

* Liane Haid
* Alexander Murski
* Harry Halm

Cinematography| Arthur Martinelli
Music by|

* Walter Kollo
* Werner Schmidt-Boelcke

Production
company

Deutsche Film Union

Distributed by| Deutsche First National Pictures

Release date

* 22 April 1929 (1929-04-22)

Country| Germany
Languages|

* Silent
* German intertitles

Two Red Roses (German: Zwei rote Rosen) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Liane Haid, Alexander Murski, and Harry Halm.[1] The film was released in a sound version in England by First National Pathé.[2] While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew.

## Cast

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* Liane Haid as Friedel Schulze
* Alexander Murski as Direktor Eriksen
* Harry Halm as Hans, sein Sohn
* Oskar Marion as Ernst Ritter, Komponist
* Oreste Bilancia as Generaldirektor Bergen
* Trude Hesterberg as Eugenie, seine Frau
* La Jana as Lilli, seine Tochter
* Gyula Szőreghy as Rothe
* Teddy Bill as Georg

## Music

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The sound version features a theme song entitled “Two Red Roses” by Ralph Stanley (words) and Walter Kollo (music).

## References

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1. ^ Wlaschin p. 181
2. ^ Ken Wlaschin (2009). The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896–1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings. McFarland & Company. p. 181\. ISBN 978-0-7864-3804-4.

## Bibliography

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* Ken Wlaschin. The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896–1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings. McFarland & Company, 2009.

## External links

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* Two Red Roses at IMDb

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