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[The Storming of La Sarraz]
(1929) Germany
B&W : [?] Short film?
Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein, Ivor Montagu and Hans Richter

Cast: Jean-Georges Auriol [the man with the typewriter machine gun], Béla Balázs [the commander of Commercial Cinema’s army], Janine Boissounouse [the spirit of free cinema], Sergei M. Eisenstein [the commander of the Army of the Independents], Jack Isaacs [Commercial Cinema], Léon Moussinac [d’Artagnan], Hans Richter [General Tilly], Walther Ruttmann [Saint George]

Produced by Hélène de Madrot. Scenario by Sergei M. Eisenstein, Ivor Montagu and Hans Richter. Cinematography by Eduard Tisse. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was confiscated by a customs officer from Sergei M. Eisenstein and never released.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 28 September 2013.

References: Website-IMDb.