The Case of Sergeant Grisha
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| Original title | The Case of Sergeant Grisha |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 91 minutes |
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| Director | Herbert Brenon |
| script | Elizabeth Meehan |
| production | William LeBaron |
| music | Max Steiner |
| camera | J. Roy Hunt |
| cut | Marie Halvey |
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa is an American drama from 1930. The screenplay is based on the novel The dispute over Sergeant Grischa by Arnold Zweig .
action
The Russian Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin is a prisoner of war in the German army and is housed in a camp in Poland . He managed to escape one winter night in 1917. He visits his wife Babka and his newborn child. For a while the small family lives undisturbed in Poland. But Grisha is filled with the desire to return to Russia. Babka helps him with the uniform of a dead soldier.
Grischa is captured again by the Germans. The commander of the Eastern Front, General Schieffenzahn, sees the prisoner as a spy and sentenced him to death. Grischa is committed to his new identity. Nevertheless, his lawyer Posnanski and his nephew Winfried try to overturn the order of execution. Babka appears as a peddler at the camp and plans Grischa's escape. But Grischa doesn't want to flee, he wants to be rehabilitated . He seeks help from General von Lychow, who, after a heated debate with Schieffenzahn, sends the order to have the execution lifted. However, the telegram does not arrive because a storm cuts the telegraph poles. Grischa collapses and allows herself to be led to the execution .
criticism
Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times described the film as a failed semi-symbolic sermon against the power of military commanders. Although the film gives a certain impression, it cannot explain the reasons for what happened.
Awards
At the third Academy Awards in 1930 , John E. Tribby was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Sound category.
background
The world premiere took place on February 23, 1930. The film is now considered lost. Helmut Schiermann filmed the novel for GDR television in 1968 as a two-part television film under the title of the novel with Josef Karlík in the title role.
Web links
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa in the Internet Movie Database (English)