The Red Terror (film)

The Red Terror
The Red Terror
	GPU
Directed by	Karl Ritter
Written by	Andrews Engelmann; Felix Lützkendorf; Karl Ritter;
Produced by	Karl Ritter
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Igor Oberberg
Edited by	Conrad von Molo
Music by	Norbert Schultze; Herbert Windt;
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	14 August 1942
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Red Terror (German: GPU) is a 1942 German film directed by Karl Ritter.^[1]

Released after the breakdown of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it is noteworthy for the crude, heavy-handed depiction of Communists.^[2]

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

References

^ "New York Times: G.P.U. (1942)". NY Times. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
^ Erwin Leiser, Nazi Cinema pp 44–45 ISBN 978-0-02-570230-1

External links

The Red Terror at IMDb
The Red Terror is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] "New York Times: G.P.U. (1942)". NY Times. Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[2] Erwin Leiser, Nazi Cinema pp 44–45 ISBN 978-0-02-570230-1

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