U-9 Weddigen

U-9 Weddigen
Directed by	Heinz Paul
Written by	Willy Rath
Produced by	Hanns Otto
Starring	Carl de Vogt Mathilde Sussin Fritz Alberti
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Production company	Johannisthaler Filmanstalten
Release date	5 May 1927
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

U-9 Weddigen is a 1927 German silent war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Carl de Vogt, Mathilde Sussin and Fritz Alberti. The film is based on the exploits of the submarine SM U-9 under the command of Otto Weddigen during the First World War. It is similar in theme to the previous year's Our Emden which also depicted the Imperial German Navy in heroic terms.

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Franz Schroedter.

Cast

• Carl de Vogt as Weddingen
• Mathilde Sussin as Elisabeth Fuller
• Fritz Alberti as Elizabeth Fullers Gatte
• Fred Solm as Percy
• Gerd Briese as Gerhard v. Dietrischsen
• Ernst Hofmann as Fritz
• Hella Moja as Hilde
• Hans Mierendorff as Fritzs Onkel
• Hanne Brinkmann as Girl at Dietrichs
• Willy Mendau as Bursche von Oberleutnant Gerhard Dietrichs

Bibliography

• Kester, Bernadette. Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933). Amsterdam University Press, 2003.

External links

• U-9 Weddigen at IMDb