The Oppenheim Family
The Oppenheim Family (Russian: Семья Оппенгейм, romanized: Semja Oppengejm) is a 1938 (released in May 1939 in the USA) Soviet drama film, directed by Grigori Roshal. It is one of the earliest film directly dealing with the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. Based on The Oppermanns - a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger.
Cast
[edit]- Vladimir Balashov - Berthold Oppenheim
- Joseph Tolchanov - Martin Oppenheim
- Ada Wójcik - Liselotte
- Nikolai Plotnikov - Edgar Oppenheim
- Galina Minovitskaya - Ruth Oppenheim
- Raisa Esipova - Sybil
- Osip Abdulov - Jacques Lavendel
- S.D. Zykov - Heinrich Lavendel, schoolboy, friend of Bertolt
- Solomon Mikhoels - Jacobi
- Sergey Dnieper - Francois, director of the gymnasium
- Arkady Blagonravov - Lorenz, director of the clinic
- Nikolay Bogolyubov - Weller
- Vladimir Solovyov - Pahinke
- Aleksey Konsovsky - Richard
- Mikhail Astangov - Vogelsang
- Konstantin Karelian - Rittersteg
- Sergey Martinson - Gutwetter poet
- Mikhail Derzhavin - Wells, industrialist
External links
[edit]- THE SCREEN; 'The Oppenheim Family,' Soviet Film Version of a Feuchtwanger Novel, Arrives at the Cameo, NYT
- The Oppenheim Family at IMDb
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- 1939 films
- 1939 drama films
- Soviet drama films
- Russian-language drama films
- 1930s Russian-language films
- Films shot in Russia
- Films set in Germany
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- Films about Nazi Germany
- Films based on German novels
- Films directed by Grigori Roshal
- Soviet black-and-white films
- 1930s Soviet films
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