Uproar in Damascus

Uproar in Damascus
Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Written by	Jacob Geis Philipp Lothar Mayring Herbert Tjadens
Produced by	Otto Lehmann
Starring	Brigitte Horney Joachim Gottschalk Hans Nielsen Ernst von Klipstein
Cinematography	Paul Rischke Oskar Schnirch
Edited by	Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	Terra-Filmkunst
Distributed by	Terra-Filmkunst
Release date	8 March 1939
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Uproar in Damascus (German: Aufruhr in Damaskus) is a 1939 German thriller film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Nielsen. It is set during the First World War with German troops battling the Arab Revolt led by Lawrence of Arabia and the British. The film was officially honored as "artistically valuable" (künstlerisch wertvoll) and having "special political value" (staatspolitisch wertvoll).

Cast

• Brigitte Horney as Vera Niemayer
• Joachim Gottschalk as Leutnant Hans Keller
• Hans Nielsen as Hauptmann Schulz
• Ernst von Klipstein as Gefreiter von Elmendonck
• Paul Otto as Hauptmann Lamberty
• Ingolf Kuntze as Stabsarzt Bruckner
• Paul Westermeier as Unteroffizier Kroll
• Gerhard Bienert as Feldwebel Lemcke
• Friedrich Gnaß as Funker Gerlach
• Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Lachner
• Adolf Fischer as Spoekmann
• Willi Rose as Waitz
• Hellmuth Passarge as Krohnker
• Gustav Püttjer as Wolff
• Erich Dunskus as Proviantmeister
• Serag Meunier as Moni, arabischer Händler
• Claire Reigbert as Oberschwester
• Erika Streithorst as Krankenschwester Elisa
• Heinz Welzel as Soldat Schulz
• Franz Kossak as Soldat
• Jac Diehl as Soldat
• Kurt Mikulski as Soldat
• Hansjakob Gröblinghoff as Soldat

Bibliography

• Richards, Jeffrey. Visions of Yesterday. Routledge, 1973.

External links

• Uproar in Damascus at IMDb