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The Shadow of a Mine
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Wikipedia article
'The Shadow of a Mine' is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Phil Jutzi and starring Holmes Zimmermann and Sybille Schlo. Its original German title is 'Um's tgliche Brot' ('Our Daily Bread'). It is also known as 'Hunger in Waldenburg'.
The film was produced by the left-wing Volksfilmverband 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 Tauenzienpalast in Berlin on 16 March 1929.Murray p.225
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.Bock & Bergfelder p.233
Cast
* Holmes Zimmermann as Junger Weber
* Sybille Schlo
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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