Guilty (1928 film)
1928 film by Johannes Meyer
Guilty (German: Schuldig) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Suzy Vernon, Bernhard Goetzke and Jenny Hasselqvist.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Reimann.
Plot
Cast
Suzy Vernon as Maria Feld
Bernhard Goetzke as Vater Thomas Feld
Jenny Hasselqvist as Mutter Magda Feld
Willy Fritsch as Lawyer Frank Peters
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Bordellinhaber Peter Cornelius
Adolphe Engers as Georg Aschmann
Max Maximilian as Clown Bumski
Mammey Terja-Basa as Mongole
Rudolf Biebrach
Heinz Salfner
Arnold Korff
Lotte Stein
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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