The Case of Sergeant Grischa

1h 31m
Drama
6.7

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Herbert Brenon
Director
Elizabeth Meehan
Adaptation
Arnold Zweig
Novel
J. Roy Hunt
Director of Photography
John E. Tribby
Sound Engineer

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