Assassination (1927 film)

"Feme" redirects here. For the series of murders, see Feme murders.

Assassination
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Vicki Baum (novel) Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren
Produced by	Richard Oswald
Starring	Eduard Rothauser Mathilde Sussin Hans Stüwe Grete Mosheim
Cinematography	Ewald Daub
Music by	Walter Ulfig
Production company	Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Distributed by	Matador-Film
Release date	23 August 1927 (1927-08-23)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Assassination (German: Feme) is a 1927 German silent thriller film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Eduard Rothauser, Mathilde Sussin and Hans Stüwe. It was adapted from a novel by Vicki Baum. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Gustav A. Knauer.

Cast

• Eduard Rothauser as Geheimrat Burthe
• Mathilde Sussin as Frau Burthe
• Hans Stüwe as Joachim Burthe
• Grete Mosheim as Charlotte Burthe
• Rudolf Forster as Gregor von Askanius
• Friedrich Kayßler as Minister
• Adele Sandrock as Mutter
• Ellen Kürti as Jelena Maikova
• Bernhard Goetzke as Professor Lenzberg
• Carl Walther Meyer as Assistenzarzt
• Grete Reinwald as Tochter des Gärtners
• Mathias Wieman as Irrsinniger
• Paul Henckels as Kreisarzt
• Irma Green as Dirne
• Henry Bender as Schliepke
• Ida Wüst as Frau Schliepke
• Gustav Trautschold
• Kurt Gerron

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine (2013) [2002]. German National Cinema (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-02054-4.
• Weniger, Kay (2011). "Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben...": Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945. Berlin: Acabus. ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8.

External links

• Assassination at IMDb