The Sporck Battalion (1934 film)

The Sporck Battalion
Directed by	Rolf Randolf Theodor Loos
Written by	Richard Skowronnek (novel) Bobby E. Lüthge
Starring	Fritz Genschow Werner Schott Erich Fiedler
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Edited by	Ludolf Grisebach
Music by	Fritz Wenneis
Production company	Rolf Randolf-Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	30 August 1934 (1934-08-30)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Sporck Battalion (German: Die sporck'schen Jäger) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Rolf Randolf and Theodor Loos and starring Fritz Genschow, Werner Schott and Erich Fiedler. It is based on a novel of the same name which had previously been made into the 1927 silent film The Sporck Battalion.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around the Masuren Lakes in East Prussia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter.

Cast

• Fritz Genschow as Leutnant v. Naugaard
• Werner Schott as Hauptmann Rabenhainer
• Erich Fiedler as Oberleutnant v. Vahlenberg
• Theodor Loos as Oberförster Rüdiger
• Reva Holsey as Elsbeth, seine Tochter
• Fritz Alberti as Oberstleutnant
• Paul Rehkopf as Vater Retelsdorf, Fischermeister
• Margarete Kupfer as Seine Frau
• Rotraut Richter as Mike, beider Tochter
• Paul Westermeier as Heinrich Kremzow, Fischergeselle
• Erik Ode
• Ida Perry
• Antonie Jaeckel
• Frank Günther
• Michael von Newlinsky
• Max Wilmsen
• Franz Klebusch

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.

External links

• The Sporck Battalion at IMDb