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The Weapons of Youth

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The Weapons of Youth
Directed byFriedrich Müller
Written byRobert Wiene
StarringGertrud Gräbner
Curt Maler
Hans Staufen
CinematographyCharles Paulus
Production
company
Distributed byKomet Film
Release date
  • 10 January 1913 (1913-01-10)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Weapons of Youth (German: Die Waffen der Jugend) is a 1913 German silent film directed by Friedrich Müller and starring Gertrud Gräbner, Curt Maler and Hans Staufen.

The screenplay was written by the Robert Wiene his first known involvement with films. Wiene later went on to become a leading film director. Some reports suggest that Wiene may have served as a co-director on the film.[1] The film is now a lost film, and virtually nothing is known of its plot or genre.

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References

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  1. ^ Jung & Schatzberg p.9-10

Bibliography

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  • Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.
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