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The Struggle

Original title: Bortsy
  • 1936
  • 1h 15m
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The Struggle (1936)
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1933 year, Germany. The mother of worker kill nazis organizes pure resistance against political tyranny reigning in a country.1933 year, Germany. The mother of worker kill nazis organizes pure resistance against political tyranny reigning in a country.1933 year, Germany. The mother of worker kill nazis organizes pure resistance against political tyranny reigning in a country.

  • Director
    • Gustav von Wangenheim
  • Writers
    • Joris Ivens
    • Alfred Kurella
    • Gustav von Wangenheim
  • Stars
    • Lotte Loebinger
    • Bruno Schmidtsdorf
    • Gregor Gog
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    • Director
      • Gustav von Wangenheim
    • Writers
      • Joris Ivens
      • Alfred Kurella
      • Gustav von Wangenheim
    • Stars
      • Lotte Loebinger
      • Bruno Schmidtsdorf
      • Gregor Gog
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    Lotte Loebinger
    • Mother Lemke
    • (as Lota Lebinger)
    Bruno Schmidtsdorf
    • Fritz Lemke
    • (as Bruno Shmitsdorf)
    Gregor Gog
    • Peters
    Inge von Wangenheim
    • Anna
    • (as Ingebor Franke)
    Heinrich Greif
    • Eickhoff
    • (as Geynts Greif)
    Robert Trösch
    • Otto
    • (as Robert Tryosh)
    Lothar Wolff
    • Doktor Hillstedt
    • (as Lotar Volf)
    Aleksandr Timontayev
    • Rabenkampf
    Ernst Busch
    Ernst Busch
    • Judge
    • (as Ernst Bush)
    Friedrich Voss
      Nikolai Akimov
      Nikolai Akimov
      • Heise
      • (as Akimov)
      Pavel Pashkov
      • Gauführer
      • (as Pashkov)
      Valeriy Lekarev
        Aleksandr Demich
          Grigoriy Sharayev
          Grigoriy Sharayev
          • Spörke - Perfume factory director
          Kurt Arndt
          • Kurt
          • (uncredited)
          Helmut Damerius
          • Prison officer
          • (uncredited)
          Aleksandr Geirot
          • Klebersbusch
          • (uncredited)
          • Director
            • Gustav von Wangenheim
          • Writers
            • Joris Ivens
            • Alfred Kurella
            • Gustav von Wangenheim
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            This anti-Fascist film, very critical of Hitler's Germany, and showing German communists as the heroes, was produced in Moscow, using a cast consisting largely of a left-wing German refugees, and a crew partly German and partly Russian.

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          • Release date
            • September 10, 1936 (United States)
          • Countries of origin
            • Soviet Union
            • Germany
          • Languages
            • Russian
            • German
          • Also known as
            • Der Kampf
          • Production company
            • Mezhrabpomfilm
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 15 minutes
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Sound mix
            • Mono
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.37 : 1

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