The Last Fort Explained

The Last Fort
Director:	Curtis Bernhardt
Studio:	Nero Film
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	Germany

The Last Fort (German: '''Das letzte Fort''') is a 1928 German silent war film^[1] directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Rolla Norman, Maria Paudler and Albert Steinrück.

Cast

• Rolla Norman as Major Leblanc
• Maria Paudler as Yvonne, seine Tochter
• Albert Steinrück as Lensky, Kommandant
• Fritz Odemar as Lieutenant Brand
• Heinrich George as Croff
• Alexander Granach as Gestino
• Alfred Gördel as Capitän Andrieux

Bibliography

• Koepnick, Lutz Peter. The Dark Mirror: German Cinema Between Hitler and Hollywood. University of California Press, 2002.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Koepnick p. 68