Fight of the Tertia (1929 film)

Fight of the Tertia
German film poster
German	Der Kampf der Tertia
Directed by	Max Mack
Written by	Axel Eggebrecht Max Mack
Based on	Fight of the Tertia by Wilhelm Speyer
Starring	Max Schreck Fritz Richard Fritz Greiner Karl Hoffmann
Cinematography	Emil Schünemann
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Filmhaus Bruckmann
Release date	18 January 1929 (1929-01-18)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Fight of the Tertia (German: Der Kampf der Tertia) is a 1929 German silent family film directed by Max Mack and starring Max Schreck, Fritz Richard and Fritz Greiner. It is based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Wilhelm Speyer which was later adapted into a 1952 sound film. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and on location in Friedrichstadt and in the North Sea. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby.

Synopsis

Youth gangs clash in a small town on the Baltic Sea.

Cast

• Max Schreck as Benno Biersack
• Fritz Richard as Magistrate Falk
• Fritz Greiner as Schutzmann Holzapfel
• Karl Hoffmann as the great elector
• Gustl Gstettenbaur as Borst
• Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Bürgermeister von Boestrum
• Fritz Draeger as Reppert
• August Wilhelm Keese as Otto Kirchholtes
• Ilse Stobrawa as Daniela
• Aribert Mog as teacher #1
• Hermann Neut Paulsen as teacher #2
• Erich Schönfelder

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Fight of the Tertia at IMDb