Storms of Passion

Storms of Passion
Storms of Passion
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Robert Liebmann; Hans Müller;
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Emil Jannings; Anna Sten; Trude Hesterberg; Franz Nicklisch;
Cinematography	Otto Baecker; Günther Rittau;
Edited by	Viktor Gertler
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	22 January 1932
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Storms of Passion (German: Stürme der Leidenschaft) is a 1932 German crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Emil Jannings, Anna Sten and Trude Hesterberg. It is regarded as a precursor of film noir.^[1] It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo on 22 January 1932.^[2] ^[3] An alternative French language version Tumultes, starring Charles Boyer, was also released.

Cast[]

Emil Jannings as Gustav Bumke
Anna Sten as Russen-Annya
Trude Hesterberg as Yvonne
Franz Nicklisch as Willy Prawanzke
Otto Wernicke as Police Commissioner
Hans Deppe as Der Nuschler
Hans Reimann as Max
Julius Falkenstein as Paul
Anton Pointner as Ralph Kruschewski
Wilhelm Bendow as Emmerich
Hermann Vallentin as Gefängnisdirektor

References[]

^ Spicer p.xviii
^ Grange p.380
^ Hardt p.240

Bibliography[]

Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links[]

Storms of Passion at IMDb

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[1] Spicer p.xviii

[2] Grange p.380

[3] Hardt p.240

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v t Films directed by Robert Siodmak
Europe 1930–1939	People on Sunday (1930) Farewell (1930) Inquest (1931) About an Inquest (1931, MLV) The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931) Storms of Passion (1932) Quick (1932) The Burning Secret (1933) The Weaker Sex (1933) The Crisis is Over (1934) La Vie parisienne (1936) Parisian Life (1936) Compliments of Mister Flow (1936) White Cargo (1937) Mollenard (1938) Personal Column (1939)
Hollywood 1941–1951	West Point Widow (1941) Fly-by-Night (1942) The Night Before the Divorce (1942) My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) Someone to Remember (1943) Son of Dracula (1943) Phantom Lady (1944) Cobra Woman (1944) Christmas Holiday (1944) The Suspect (1944) The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) The Spiral Staircase (1946) The Killers (1946) The Dark Mirror (1946) Time Out of Mind (1947) Cry of the City (1948) Criss Cross (1949) The Great Sinner (1949) The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) Deported (1950) The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
Europe 1952–1969	The Crimson Pirate (1952) Flesh and the Woman (1954) Die Ratten (1955) My Father, the Actor (1956) The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Dorothea Angermann (1959) Magnificent Sinner (1959) The Rough and the Smooth (1959) My Schoolfriend (1960) The Nina B. Affair (1961) Escape from East Berlin (1962) The Shoot (1964) The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) Custer of the West (1967) Kampf um Rom (1968)