The Rebel (1932 film)

The Rebel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Curtis Bernhardt Edwin H. Knopf Luis Trenker
Produced by	Paul Kohner Joe Pasternak Alfred Stern
Written by	Walter Schmidtkunz Robert A. Stemmle Henry Koster (uncredited)
Story by	Luis Trenker
Starring	Luis Trenker Luise Ullrich Victor Varconi
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography	Sepp Allgeier Albert Benitz Willy Goldberger Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Hermann Haller Andrew Marton
Production company	Deutsche Universal-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Universal-Film
Release dates	December 22, 1932 (1932-12-22) (Germany)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Rebel (German: Der Rebell) is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt, Edwin H. Knopf, and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Luise Ullrich, and Victor Varconi. The film's art direction was by Fritz Maurischat. It was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures, with location shooting in Austria. A separate English language version The Rebel was released the following year. The film is part of the Mountain film genre.

Trenker stated that the film's plotline of a Tyrolean mountaineer Severin Anderlan leading a revolt against occupying French forces in 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars. The greatest Tirolean patriot Andreas Hofer was a proto-type of "Severin Anderlan" !.. Trenker was designed to mirror what was happening in contemporary Germany as it rejected the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.^[1] In 1933 there was published Luis Trenker's novel, Der Rebell. Ein Freiheitsroman aus den Bergen Tirols.

Cast

Luis Trenker as Severin Anderlan
Luise Ullrichas Erika Rieder
Victor Varconi as Kapitän Leroy, Oberkommandant von St. Vigil
Ludwig Stössel as Riederer, Amtshauptmann von St. Vigil
Olga Engl as Severins Mutter
Erika Dannhoff as Gerrud Anderlan
Fritz Kampers as Offizier Raidthofer
Arthur Grosse as General Drouet
Amanda Lindner as Frau Drouet
Albert Schultes as Jakob Harrasser
Reinhold Bernt as Krahvogel
Otto Kronburger as Pater Mdardus
Emmerich Albert as Bergführer Hagspiel
Hans Jamnig as Bergführer Klotz
Hugo Lehner as Französischer Soldat
Luis Gerold as Bergführer Rabenstein
Inge Conradi as Kathrin, Hagspiel's Freundin

References

Notes

↑ Prawer p. 207.

Bibliography

Prawer, S.S. (2005) Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books.

External links

The Rebel at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Curtis Bernhardt

Orphan of Lowood (1926)
The Prince of Rogues (1928)
The Last Fort (1929)
The Woman One Longs For (1929)
The Rebel (1932)
The Tunnel (1933)
The Tunnel (1933)
L'Or dans la rue (1935)
The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
My Love Came Back (1940)
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Juke Girl (1942)
Conflict (1945)
My Reputation (1946)
Devotion (1946)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Possessed (1947)
High Wall (1947)
The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
Payment on Demand (1951)
Sirocco (1951)
The Blue Veil (1951)
The Merry Widow (1952)
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
Beau Brummell (1954)
Interrupted Melody (1955)
Gaby (1956)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
Kisses for My President (1964)

The films of Luis Trenker

The Son of the White Mountain (1930) Mountains on Fire (1931) The Rebel (1932) The Prodigal Son (1934) Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936) Condottieri (1937) The Mountain Calls (1938) The Challenge (1938)