"The Supreme Epic of Mankind" 23 February 1930 Drama 91 mins
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print material is known to have survived. Contemporary reviews were scathing, describing the film as a vastly overlong and boring talk-fest.
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Chester Morris as Sergeant Grischa
Betty Compson as Babka
Jean Hersholt as Posnanski
Alec B. Francis as General von Lychow
Gustav von Seyffertitz as Geneneral Schieffenzahn
Leyland Hodgson as Lieutenant Winfried (as Layland Hodgson)
Paul McAllister as Corporal Sacht (as Paul MacAllister)
Raymond Whittaker as Aljoscha
Bernard Siegel as Verressjeff
Frank McCormack as Captain Spierauge / Kolja
Percy Barbette as Sergeant Fritz
Hal Davis as Birkholz
Herbert Brenon Director
J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography
John E. Tribby Sound Engineer
Elizabeth Meehan Adaptation
Arnold Zweig Novel
United States 23 February 1930
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