Film

Hamburg

1926

Germany, 1923. Workers, called to the struggle by the communist Niels Unger, seize the arsenal and turn every building into a fortress. The social democrat Buk does not fulfill Unger's order to blow up the bridge over the Elbe, so the Reichswehr troops enter the city. A bloody massacre begins. Nils Unger is arrested. Buk, who is associated with the punitive leader Meins, betrays the rebels during interrogations. A trial is scheduled for the rebels. To avoid political publicity during the trial, Nils Unger is declared insane, but manages to escape from the prison hospital. Once again, his call resounds through the streets of Hamburg: "Save your guns!"

Georgiy Sprantse

Nils Unger, communist from Hamburg

Ksana Zapadnaia

Suzie, Unger's wife

Konstantin Garin

Franz Buk, traitor

Ivan Zamychkovskyi

Elsner, worker

Ya. Reinich

Elfrida

Leonid Chembarsky

Willie, driver

Aleksandr Chuverov

Investigator

Volodymyr Lisovskyi

Police president

Arkadiy Malskiy

Pfeiffer, detective

Vladimir Lanskoy

Madman

Matvei Lyarov

Meiss, social-democrat

T. Ruzhitskiy

Judge

Anastasii Symonov

Officer (uncredited)

A. Belov

Burgomaster

K. Radmin

Head of Senate

Komarova

Louise, prostitute

• Vladimir BallyuzekDirector
• Yurij YanovskyiWriter
• Larissa ReissnerStory
• Joseph RonaDirector of Photography
• Marius HoldtDirector of Photography

Release date

November 16, 1926

Status

Released

Original language

Russian