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The Other Side (1931 film)

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The Other Side
Directed byHeinz Paul
Written by
Based onJourney's End by R.C. Sherriff
Produced byJoseph Candolini
Starring
CinematographyViktor Gluck
Edited byMax Brenner
Music byErnst Erich Buder
Production
company
Cando-Film
Distributed byCando-Film
Release date
  • 29 October 1931 (1931-10-29)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Other Side (German: Die andere Seite) 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.[1] The film was positively received on its release.[2] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich.

Synopsis

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On the Western Front in 1918, shortly before the German Spring Offensive, young Lieutenant Raleigh arrives from England to join the company in the British trench lines. He is delighted to be serving under Captain Stanhope, whom he had known at school, and whom is engaged to his elder sister. However he discovers Stanhope is suffering from the effects of the war and has become disillusioned and alcoholic, while trying to maintain the façade of a courageous British officer.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Kester p. 137–138
  2. ^ Schneider & Wagener p. 191

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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