Menschen hinter Gittern (1931)

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Director:

Pál Fejös

Writers:

E.W. Brandes (writer)
Walter Hasenclever (German dialogue)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

German-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Heinrich George in Wallace Beery's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use. |

Cast

Heinrich George	...	Butch
Gustav Diessl	...	Morris
Egon von Jordan	...	Kent Marlow
Anton Pointner	...	Aufseher Wallace
Dita Parlo	...	Annie Marlow
Paul Morgan	...	Putnam
Herman Bing	...	Der Rechtsanwalt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Erkelenz	...	Der Gefängnisdirektor
Karl Etlinger	...	Gefängniswärter
Adolf E. Licho	...	Annies Vater
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski	...	Oliver

Also Known As:

Men Behind Bars (International: English title) (informal literal title)

Country:

USA

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Cosmopolitan Productions

Trivia:

Hungarian-born, multi-lingual director Paul Fejos, working at MGM at the time, was assigned to direct both German- and French-language "parallel versions" of "The Big House," using different actors but the same costumes and sets at MGM.

Movie Connections:

Alternate language version of El presidio (1930)