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The Yellow Flag

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The Yellow Flag
Directed byGerhard Lamprecht
Written by
Produced byFranz Vogel
Starring
CinematographyFranz Koch
Edited byFritz C. Mauch
Music byGiuseppe Becce
Production
company
Euphono-Film
Distributed byPanorama-Film
Release date
  • 12 October 1937 (1937-10-12)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Yellow Flag (German: Die gelbe Flagge) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Albers, Olga Chekhova and Dorothea Wieck.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Location filming took place in Yugoslavia.

Synopsis

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An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has contracted a serious fever. He does not accompany the trip, which runs into major problems. Later he is able to go to the rescue of the survivors including the American journalist Helen Roeder whom he is in love with.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rentschler p.281

Bibliography

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  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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