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U-9 Weddigen

1927 film

U-9 Weddigen is a 1927 German silent war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Carl de Vogt, Mathilde Sussin and Fritz Alberti. The film is based on the exploits of the submarine SM U-9 under the command of Otto Weddigen during the First World War.[1] It is similar in theme to the previous year's Our Emden, which also depicted the Imperial German Navy in heroic terms.

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It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Franz Schroedter.

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References

  1. [1]
    Kester, Bernadette (2002). Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933). Amsterdam University Press. pp. 176–77. doi:10.5117/9789053565988. ISBN 9789053565988.

Bibliography

  • Kester, Bernadette. Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933). Amsterdam University Press, 2002.


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