The Rebel

The Rebel (1932)

Der Rebell

A young medical student returns to his Tyrolean home to find out that Napoleon's troops have taken over the area and that his mother and sister have been murdered.

Date of release
1932-12-22
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Luis Trenker, Curtis Bernhardt

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Austria

The Rebel 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. A separate English language version, The Rebel, was released the following year. The film is part of the mountain film genre.

Production

Following Trenker's appearance in Universal Pictures' Doomed Battalion, they engaged him to appear in several more films with The Rebel being the first. There were planned to be three versions: English, German and French. Victor Varconi signed to appear in the English and German versions. Esther Ralston was originally signed as the lead in the English version, but Vilma Bánky replaced her.

The German version was made by the German subsidiary of Universal.

location shooting in Austria and St. Moritz, and Zuoz, Switzerland. Interior scenes were filmed at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.

Sepp Allgeier was one of four cameramen who shot the film.

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