''Sajenko the Soviet'' (German: ''Die geheime Macht'') is a 1928 German silent

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directed by

Erich Waschneck Erich John Waschneck (29 April 1887, in Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony – 22 September 1970, in Berlin) was a German cameraman, director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early life Erich was the son of Karl Hermann Waschneck, a blacksmith, and hi ...

and starring

Michael Bohnen Franz Michael Bohnen (2 May 1887 – 26 April 1965) was a German bass baritone opera singer and actor. Bohnen was very popular in the Roaring Twenties. Life Michael Bohnen was born in Cologne. He trained in opera singing at the Hochschule fü ...

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and

Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He appea ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.33 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Cast

as Sajenko *

as Prinzessin Sinaide *

as Mirow, Sekretär des Handelsbüros * Henry Stuart as Edward, der Sohn von P.L. Harland *

Truus van Aalten Geertruida Everdina Wilhelmina van Aalten (August 2, 1910 – June 27, 1999) was a Dutch actress who appeared in many German films in the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Early life van Aalten was born on August 2, 1910, in Arnhem in family o ...

as Lilian, Edwards Schwester *

Paul Otto Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in H ...

as Major Raschoff *

Ferdinand von Alten Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "c ...

as Baron Sterny *

Rudolf Biebrach Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...

as Admiral Reeve *

Leopold Kramer Leopold Kramer (29 September 1869 – 29 October 1942) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Eye of the Buddha'' (1919) * ''Ungarische Rhapsodie'' (1928) * '' Frauenarzt Dr. Schäfer'' (1928) * ''Die geheime Macht' ...

as Fürst Balyzin * Max Magnus as Leutnant Daboro *

Max Maximilian Max Maximilian (born Franz Kuhn; 23 September 1885 – 25 June 1930)Landesarchiv Berlin, Sterberegister StA Schöneweide, Nr. 196/1930 was a German singer, actor and director.Waldman p.141 Career Maximilian was born in Cologne and began his caree ...

as Pferdeknecht Kosma *

Alexander Murski Alexander Alexandrovich Murski (Russian: Александр Александрович Мурский) (1 November 1869 – April 1943) was a Saint Petersburg, Russian-born German actor. Murski died in 1943 in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, Fran ...

* Ossip Darmatow

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Erich Waschneck German silent feature films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1928 drama films German drama films 1920s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub