Cyanide | |
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Directed by | Hans Tintner |
Produced by | Helmut Schreiber |
Written by |
Friedrich Wolf (play) Hans Tintner |
Starring |
Grete Mosheim Nico Turoff Claus Clausen Margarete Kupfer |
Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Production
company |
Atlantis Film
|
Distributed by | Deutsche Fox |
Release date
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23 May 1930 |
Running time
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91 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Cyanide (German:Cyankali) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Hans Tintner and starring Grete Mosheim, Nico Turoff and Claus Clausen. The film's art direction was by Franz Schroedter. The film is adapted from Friedrich Wolf's 1929 play of the same title, which addressed the issue of abortion. The film is part of the German tradition of Enlightenment films, popular during the Weimar Era. It premiered on 23 May 1930 on the same day as Westfront 1918.