Prisoner Number Seven
1929 film by Lajos Lázár, Paul Sugar
Prisoner Number Seven (German: Achtung! - Kriminalpolizei! or Gefangene Nr. 7, Hungarian: Rabmadár) is a 1929 German-Hungarian drama film directed by Lajos Lázár and Paul Sugar and starring Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Lissy Arna and Charlotte Susa.
Cast
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Jenõ, szállodai pincér
Lissy Arna as Rabnõ
Charlotte Susa as Börtönorvosnõ
El' Dura as Maláji táncosnõ
Ida Turay as Madárka
Mariska H. Balla as Szállodaigazgtónõ
Olga Kerekgyarto as új szobalány
Szidi Rákosi as Börtönõr
References
Bibliography
Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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