''Brothers'' (german: Brüder) is a 1929 German silent

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directed by

Werner Hochbaum Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director. Selected filmography * '' Brothers'' (1929) * '' Raid in St. Pauli'' (1932) * ''Tugboat M 17'' (1933) * '' Judgment of Lake Balaton'' (Hu ...

. The film was shot on location in the dockyards of

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using a mainly amateur cast.Bock & Bergfelder p. 202 Hochbaum was closely associated with the

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at the time and made several films portraying

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conditions.

Partial cast

* Gyula Balogh as ''Der Sohn'' * Erna Schumacher as ''Die alte Mutter'' * Ilse Berger

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* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Werner Hochbaum Films set in Hamburg Films shot in Hamburg Films about the labor movement German black-and-white films German drama films 1929 drama films Silent drama films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub