The Shadow of a Mine
| The Shadow of a Mine | |
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| Directed by | Phil Jutzi |
| Written by | Léo Lania |
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| Cinematography | Phil Jutzi |
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Release date | 16 March 1929 |
| Country | Germany |
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The Shadow of a Mine is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Phil Jutzi and starring and . Its original German title is Um's tägliche Brot (Our Daily Bread). It is also known as Hunger in Waldenburg.
The film was produced by the left-wing in partnership with Weltfilm and the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. Using a docudrama format, the film highlights the hardships faced by Silesian coal miners in Waldenburg. It premiered at the in Berlin on 16 March 1929.[1]
The film was screened in Britain by the London Workers' Film Society in December 1929. This is now the only print of the film which survives.[2]
Cast[]
- as Junger Weber
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990.
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