The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)
- Directed by
- Herbert Brenon
- Genre
- drama film, trial film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Russian soldier is caught up in a military legal case during World War I. The story follows his struggle against an unforgiving system that decides his fate.
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What happens
The Case of Sergeant Grischa is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Herbert Brenon, based on the German novel of the same name by Arnold Zweig. John Tribby was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. No known copy of this film exists and is considered lost, the only sound film to have been nominated for an Oscar and subsequently suffered this fate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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