People in Need (film)

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People in Need
Directed by Wolfgang Neff
Written by Marie Luise Droop
Produced by Liddy Hegewald
Starring
Cinematography Willy Goldberger
Production
company
Hegewald Film
Distributed byHegewald Film
Release date
  • 10 December 1925 (1925-12-10)
CountryGermany
Languages

People in Need (German : Volk in Not or Ein Heldenlied von Tannenberg) is a 1925 German silent war film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Hermine Sterler, Werner Pittschau and Claire Rommer. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

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References

  1. Kester p. 194

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