The Iron Cross Explained

The Iron Cross
Native Name:
Director:Richard Oswald
Studio:Vitascope Film
Distributor:PAGU
Country:Germany
Language:Silent
German intertitles

The Iron Cross (German: '''Das eiserne Kreuz''') is a 1914 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Friedrich Kühne, Hedda Vernon, and Hanni Weisse. It marked the directorial debut of Oswald.[1]

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios.

Despite its patriotic name, the film was seized by the German authorities and all its copies were destroyed due to the film's pacifist nature.[2]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hans-Michael. Bock. Hans-Michael Bock. Tim. Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. 2009. New York. 351. 978-1571816559. j.ctt1x76dm6. Hake . Sabine . 10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 .
  2. Book: Welch, David. Germany, Propaganda and Total War, 1914-1918. David Welch (historian). Rutgers University Press. 2000. 147. 0813527988.