Revolt in the Reformatory

Revolt in the Reformatory
Directed by	Georg Asagaroff
Written by	Peter Martin Lampel (play) Herbert Rosenfeld W. Solski
Starring	Carl Balhaus Vera Baranovskaya Toni van Eyck Wolfgang Zilzer
Cinematography	Curt Oertel Alexander von Lagorio
Production company	Grohnert-Film-Produktion
Distributed by	Atlas-Filmverleih
Release date	1929 (1929)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Revolt in the Reformatory (German: Revolte im Erziehungshaus) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Georg Asagaroff and starring Carl Balhaus, Vera Baranovskaya, Toni van Eyck. The film was based on a play by Peter Martin Lampel intended as an exposé of the youth justice system. The film was considered controversial, and was banned four times before its eventual release.^[1] The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew.

Cast

• Carl Balhaus as Fritz
• Vera Baranovskaya as Fritz' mother
• Toni van Eyck as Fritz' sister
• Wolfgang Zilzer as Hans
• Peter Wolff as Erwin
• Julius E. Herrmann as Direktor
• Hugo Werner-Kahle as Hausvater
• Renate Müller as Hausvater's daughter
• Oskar Homolka as Erzieher
• Rudolf Platte as Erziehungsgehilfe
• Veit Harlan as Kurt
• Ilse Stobrawa as Lucie
• Willy Clever
• Friedrich Gnaß

References

1. Kreimeier p.192

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• Revolt in the Reformatory at IMDb