The Red Terror (film)
The Red Terror (film)
| The Red Terror | |
|---|---|
| GPU | |
| Directed by | Karl Ritter |
| Produced by | Karl Ritter |
| Written by | Andrews Engelmann Felix Lützkendorf Karl Ritter |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Norbert Schultze Herbert Windt |
| Cinematography | Igor Oberberg |
| Edited by | Conrad von Molo |
Release date | 1942 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Released after the breakdown of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it is noteworthy for the crude, heavy-handed depiction of Communists.[2]
| The Red Terror | |
|---|---|
| GPU | |
| Directed by | Karl Ritter |
| Produced by | Karl Ritter |
| Written by | Andrews Engelmann Felix Lützkendorf Karl Ritter |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Norbert Schultze Herbert Windt |
| Cinematography | Igor Oberberg |
| Edited by | Conrad von Molo |
Release date | 1942 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Plot
Olga Feodorovna, a Baltic German, saw her family massacred by the GPU. She joins it in order to track down the murderers. After avenging the deaths, she commits suicide.
Cast
Laura Solari as Olga Feodorowna
Will Quadflieg as Peter Aßmuss
Marina von Ditmar as Irina
Andrews Engelmann as Nikolai Bokscha
Karl Haubenreißer as Jakob Frunse
Hans Stiebner as inquiry judge
Maria Bard as head of women's league
Helene von Schmithberg as Tante (Aunt) Ljuba
Albert Lippert as hotel director in Kovno (Kaunas)
Lale Andersen as singer in bar in Göteborg
Wladimir Majer as GPU chief
Nico Turoff as Frunse's assistant
Theo Shall as soboteur withBokscha
Horst Winter as singer: 1st variation on "Limehouse Blues"
Ivo Veit as Soviet diplomat in Helsinki
Freddie Brocksieper with his jazz combo
Gösta Richter