The Red Terror (film)
| The Red Terror | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Release date | 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
Soundtrack
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References
- ^ "New York Times: G.P.U. (1942)". NY Times. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ Erwin Leiser, Nazi Cinema pp 44-5 ISBN 0-02-570230-0
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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Categories:
- 1942 films
- 1940s spy films
- German spy films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German-language films
- German black-and-white films
- Nazi propaganda films
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films set in 1940
- Films set in Helsinki
- Films set in the Netherlands
- Films set in Sweden
- Films about the Soviet Union in the Stalin era
- Films directed by Karl Ritter
- 1940s German film stubs