The Trousers
The Trousers (German: Die Hose) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Rudolf Forster. It was based on a play by Carl Sternheim.[1] Art direction was by Heinrich Richter and Franz Schroedter. The film is notable for the performance of Veit Harlan, later the director who made the controversial antisemitic Jew Suss, as a Jewish barber in a film made by a director who later died in the holocaust.[2]
| The Trousers | |
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| Directed by | Hans Behrendt |
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| Cinematography | Carl Drews |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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| Distributed by | Phoebus-Film |
Release date | 20 August 1927 |
| Country | Germany |
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Cast
- Werner Krauss as Theobald Maske
- Jenny Jugo as Luise Maske
- Rudolf Forster as Scarron
- Veit Harlan as Mandelstam
- Christian Bummerstaedt as Fürst
- Olga Limburg as Elfri de Deuter
References
- Kreimeier p.138
- Prawer p.83
Bibliography
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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