''A Free People'' () is a 1925 German silent

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directed by Martin Berger and starring

Albert Florath Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brak ...

and

Ellen Plessow Ellen Plessow (born as Helene Wiemuth Penning on 12 January 1891, in Oldenburg – 2 September 1967, in West Berlin) was a German actress. Plessow attended the conservatory in Hanover and played in Berlin theatres. Starting in the 1920s she playe ...

. It is now considered a

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. It was one of two films made by Berger under commission from the SPD along with 1924's ''The Forge''. Neither of them were commercial successes on release. The film's

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was by Robert A. Dietrich. A

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leads a campaign against the justice of his employer, leading eventually to

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and a

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Cast

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* 1925 films 1925 drama films 1925 lost films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films Films directed by Martin Berger Films of the Weimar Republic German black-and-white films German silent feature films German-language drama films Lost drama films Lost German films Silent German drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub