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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. In 1933 there was published Luis Trenker's novel, Der Rebell. Ein Freiheitsroman aus den Bergen Tirols.
Original Release
12/22/1932
US Release
07/01/1933
Cast
Name | Character |
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Luise Ullrich | Erika Rieder |
Victor Varconi | Kapitän Leroy, Oberkommandant von St. Vigil |
Ludwig Stössel | Riederer, Amtshauptmann von St. Vigil |
Olga Engl | Severins Mutter |
Erika Dannhoff | Gerrud Anderlan |
Fritz Kampers | Offizier Raidthofer |
Arthur Grosse | General Drouet |
Amanda Lindner | Frau Drouet |
Albert Schultes | Jakob Harrasser |
Reinhold Bernt | Krahvogel |
Directors
Curtis Bernhardt, Edwin H. Knopf, Luis Trenker
Writers
Luis Trenker, Henry Koster, Walter Schmidtkunz, Robert A. Stemmle
Cast
Name | Character |
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Luise Ullrich | Erika Rieder |
Victor Varconi | Kapitän Leroy, Oberkommandant von St. Vigil |
Ludwig Stössel | Riederer, Amtshauptmann von St. Vigil |
Olga Engl | Severins Mutter |
Erika Dannhoff | Gerrud Anderlan |
Fritz Kampers | Offizier Raidthofer |
Arthur Grosse | General Drouet |
Amanda Lindner | Frau Drouet |
Albert Schultes | Jakob Harrasser |
Reinhold Bernt | Krahvogel |
Otto Kronburger | Pater Mdardus |
Emmerich Albert | Bergführer Hagspiel |
Hans Jamnig | Bergführer Klotz |
Hugo Lehner | Französischer Soldat |
Luis Gerold | Bergführer Rabenstein |
Inge Conradi | Kathrin - Hagspiels Freundin |
Luis Trenker | Severin Anderlan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Kohner | Producer |
Joe Pasternak | Producer |
Alfred Stern | Producer |