The Other Side (1931 film)

The Other Side
Directed by	Heinz Paul
Written by	R.C. Sherriff (play) Hella Moja Hans Reisiger
Produced by	Joseph Candolini
Starring	Conrad Veidt Theodor Loos Friedrich Ettel Viktor de Kowa
Cinematography	Viktor Gluck
Edited by	Max Brenner
Music by	Ernst Erich Buder
Production company	Cando-Film
Distributed by	Cando-Film
Release date	29 October 1931 (1931-10-29)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Other Side (Template:Lang-de) is a 1931 German war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Conrad Veidt, Theodor Loos and Friedrich Ettel. It is an adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's 1928 First World War play Journey's End which had been turned into a British-American film the previous year. Paul's film attempted to be faithful to the play, retaining the British setting rather than switching the story to feature German soldiers and going to great lengths to portray the "Britishness" of the characters. The film was positively received on its release.

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich.

Cast

• Conrad Veidt as Hauptmann Stanhope
• Theodor Loos as Oberleutnant Osborne
• Friedrich Ettel as Hauptmann Hardy
• Viktor de Kowa as Leutnant Hibbert
• Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Leutnant Raleigh
• Paul Otto as Oberst
• William Trenk as Koch
• Reinhold Bernt as Feldwebel
• John Mylong

Bibliography

• Kester, Bernadette (2003). Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919–1933). Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-598-8.
• Schneider, Thomas F.; Hans, Wagener, eds. (2007). "Huns" Vs. "Corned Beef": Representations of the Other in American and German Literature and Film on World War I. V & R Unipress GmbH. ISBN 978-3-89971-385-5.

External links

• The Other Side at IMDb