''The Iron Cross'' () is a 1914 German

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by

Richard Oswald Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early life and career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, ...

and starring

Friedrich Kühne Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957. Selected filmography * '' The Iron Cross'' (1914) * '' Detektiv Braun ...

Hedda Vernon Hedda Vernon (born Hedwig Klara Kemp; 27 October 1888 – 1961) was a German actress, screenwriter, and film producer. She was a prominent star of the early Weimar Republic, and had her own film production company. Early life Hedwig Klara Kemp wa ...

, and

Hanni Weisse Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942. Biogra ...

. It marked the directorial debut of Oswald. It was shot at the

Tempelhof Studios The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...

. Despite its patriotic name, the film was seized by the German authorities and all its copies were destroyed due to the film's pacifist nature.

Cast

Felix Basch Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germ ...

*Erwin Fichtner

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* Films of the German Empire German silent short films Films directed by Richard Oswald German black-and-white films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios 1914 drama films German drama short films Silent German drama films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films German-language drama films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub