Carbón (1931)
Tras el final de la I Guerra Mundial, el clima en la frontera franco-alemana es de resentimiento y todo es propicio a la tensión y la hostilidad. Una mina, antiguamente alemana, es repartida a partir de 1918 entre Francia y Alemania. Hay un accidente en túneles del sector francés y se desata un incendio. Por supuesto, las partidas de ayuda no se movilizan con la misma celeridad sabiendo que las víctimas no son alemanas. Un grupo de tres viejos mineros alemanes, que la noche anterior habían sido tratados poco amigablemente en una posada francesa, inician su propia incursión de rescate, utilizando para ello un camino en plena línea limítrofe entre ambas naciones.
Directora: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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Alexander Granach as Kasper |
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Fritz Kampers as Wilderer |
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Ernst Busch as Wittkopp |
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Elisabeth Wendt as Frau Anna Wittkopp |
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Gustav Püttjer as Kaplan |
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Oskar Höcker as Mine Foreman |
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Daniel Mendaille as Jean Leclerc |
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Georges Charlia as Emile |
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Andrée Ducret as Françoise |
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Alex Bernard as Grandfather Jacques, the Old Miner |
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Pierre-Louis as Georges, Jacques's Grandson |
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Héléna Manson as Rose, Albert's Wife |
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Marcel Lesieur as Albert |
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Willem Holsboer as German Mine Engineer |
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Georges Tourreil as Engineer Vidal |
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Palmyre Levasseur as |
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Teddy Michaud as |
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Rortais as |
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Marcel Merminod as |
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Franz Schier as |
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Fritz Wendhausen as German Mine Director |
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Adolf Fischer as |
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Gerhard Bienert as German Gendarme |
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Georg Guertler as |
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Naupel as |
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Richard Weichert as |
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Friedrich Gnaß as Fritz, Rescue Volunteer |
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Reinhardt as |
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Théo Tony as |
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Marguerite Debois as |
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Levasseur as |
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Felix Bressart as Café Doorman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Director |
| Writing | Peter Martin Lampel | Writer |
| Writing | Герберт Раппапорт | Writer |
| Writing | Ladislaus Vajda | Writer |
| Writing | Anna Gmeyner | Writer |
| Writing | Léon Werth | Dialogue |
| Writing | Karl Otten | Writer |
| Editing | Marc Sorkin | Editor |
| Camera | Robert Baberske | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jean Oser | Editor |
| Camera | Fritz Arno Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Art | Karl Vollbrecht | Production Design |
| Production | Seymour Nebenzal | Producer |
| Art | Ernö Metzner | Production Design |
| Sound | G. von Rigelius | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Герберт Раппапорт | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Dannenberg | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Walter Jacks | Unit Manager |
| Production | Wilhelm Löwenberg | Production Manager |
| Production | Gustav Rathje | Unit Manager |
| Production | Georges Root | Production Manager |
| Sound | Adolf Jansen | Sound |
| Camera | Walter Limot | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Richard Wesel | Still Photographer |