The Red Terror (film)
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The Red Terror is a 1942 German film directed by Karl Ritter.
Released after the breakdown of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it is noteworthy for the crude, heavy-handed depiction of Communists.
, saw her family massacred by the GPU. She joins it in order to track down the murderers. After avenging the deaths, she commits suicide.
Released after the breakdown of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it is noteworthy for the crude, heavy-handed depiction of Communists.
Plot
Olga Feodorovna, a Baltic GermanBaltic German
The Baltic Germans were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic German population never made up more than 10% of the total. They formed the social, commercial, political and cultural élite in...
, saw her family massacred by the GPU. She joins it in order to track down the murderers. After avenging the deaths, she commits suicide.
Cast
- Laura SolariLaura SolariLaura Camaur , known by the stage name Laura Solari, was an Italian film actress.-Early life:Laura Camaur was born on 5 January 5, 1913, in Trieste, then part of Austria-Hungary. She was the daughter of sculptor and artist Antonio Camaur and his wife, Maria Taucer...
as Olga Feodorowna - Will QuadfliegWill QuadfliegFriedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg was a German actor from Oberhausen. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg. He is considered one of Germany's best post-war actors. One of his most widely recognized roles was in the title role in the 1960 film Faust. He also starred in a number of other...
as Peter Aßmuss - Marina von Ditmar as Irina
- Andrews Engelmann as Nikolai Bokscha
- Karl Haubenreißer as Jakob Frunse
- Hans Stiebner as Untersuchungsrichter
- Maria BardMaria BardMaria Bard was a German stage actress, who made a handful of films in the silent era for Rimax, her first husband Wilhelm Graaff's company. By 1930, her marriage with Graaff was over, and she appeared with Werner Krauss in the stage production Der Kaiser von Amerika or The King of America and the...
as Vorsitzerin der Frauenliga - Helene von Schmithberg as Tante Ljuba
- Albert Lippert as Hoteldirektor in Kowno
- Lale AndersenLale AndersenLale Andersen was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Bremerhaven, Germany. She is best known for her interpretation of the song "Lili Marleen" in 1939, which became tremendously popular on both sides during the Second World War.- Early life :She was born in Lehe and baptized Liese-Lotte...
as Sängerin im Lokal in Göteborg - Wladimir Majer as GPU-Chef
- Nico Turoff as Die Helfer Frunses
- Theo Shall as Soboteur um Bokscha
- Horst Winter as Singer 1.Variation des Limehouse-Blues
- Ivo Veit as Skandinavisches Lied
- Freddie Brocksieper as Schlagzeug
- Gösta Richter