''Cry for Help'' or ''Cry for Help Behind Bars'' () is a 1928 German silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Franz Hofer Franz Hofer (November 27, 1902 – February 18, 1975) was an Austrian Nazi politician. He was Gauleiter (party leader) in Tyrol and Vorarlberg and, during the Third Reich, the most powerful figure in the region. Hofer dealt directly with A ...

and starring

Hans Mierendorff Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916) * '' Hilde Warren und der Tod ...

John Mylong John Mylong (born Adolf Heinrich Münz; September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, was an Austrian actor, who later settled in the United States. Biography Mylong was born Adolf Heinrich Münz, to Jewish paren ...

, and .

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* 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Franz Hofer German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1928 drama films 1920s German-language films German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub