The Guardsman (1926)
- Original title
- Der Gardeoffizier
- Directed by
- Robert Wiene
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- Austria
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A married couple, both actors, play games of jealousy and disguise with each other. The wife is an actress pursued by a guardsman, and her husband tests her fidelity by pretending to be this rival officer.
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What happens
The Guardsman (German: Der Gardeoffizier) is a 1925 Austrian silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, María Corda and Anton Edthofer. The film was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. It was based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár and in 1931 remade as a movie by Sidney Franklin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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