''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 his ...

and starring

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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 app ...

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

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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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 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 ...

as Major Raschoff *

Ferdinand von Alten Ferdinand von Alten (born Baron von Lamezan auf Altenhofen; 13 April 1885 – 16 March 1933) was a Russian-German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Blue Lantern'' (1918) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1920) * '' Anna Boleyn'' (1920) * ''Catherine t ...

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 actor, stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Eye of the Buddha'' (1919) * ''Ungarische Rhapsodie'' (1928) * ''Frauenarzt Dr. Schäfer'' (1928) * ''Die gehe ...

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 career ...

as Pferdeknecht Kosma *

Alexander Murski Alexander Alexandrovich Murski (Russian: Александр Александрович Мурский) (1 November 1869 – April 1943) was a Russian-born German actor. Murski died in 1943 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France. Murski known for ...

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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 Films scored by Giuseppe Becce {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub