The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)
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This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print material is known to have survived. Contemporary reviews were scathing, describing the film as a vastly overlong and boring talk-fest.
- Date of release
- 1930-02-23
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Herbert Brenon
Casting
- Chester Morris — Sergeant Grischa
- Betty Compson — Babka
- Jean Hersholt — Posnanski
- Alec B. Francis — General von Lychow
- Gustav von Seyffertitz — Geneneral Schieffenzahn
- Leyland Hodgson — Lieutenant Winfried (as Layland Hodgson)
- Paul McAllister — Corporal Sacht (as Paul MacAllister)
- Raymond Whittaker — Aljoscha
- Bernard Siegel — Verressjeff
- Frank McCormack — Captain Spierauge / Kolja
- Percy Barbette — Sergeant Fritz
- Hal Davis — Birkholz
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Case of Sergeant Grischa
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
The Case of Sergeant Grischa is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Herbert Brenon, based on the German novel of the same name by Arnold Zweig. John Tribby was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. No known copy of this film exists and is considered lost, the only sound film to have been nominated for an Oscar and subsequently suffered this fate.
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