''The Judas of Tyrol'' () is a 1933 German

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. It was shot at the

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.Klaus p.89 The film's sets were designed by the

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Hans Jacoby. Its

premiere was at the

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Plot

The film is set in the early nineteenth century, when

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was under foreign occupation. The Tyrolean folk hero

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hides in the village of St Leonhardt, whose residents are preparing to stage their annual

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. The film focuses on Raffl, a young farmhand cast in the role of

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. Raffl gradually loses the ability to distinguish between role and reality.

Cast

Production

The film was directed by

and composed by Gottfried Huppertz.

, who was Jewish, was interned in a concentration camp after making the film and left Germany after being freed.

Release

Casino Film Exchange re-released the film in the United States in June 1941.

References

Works cited

Bibliography

* * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1933 films 1930s historical drama films German historical drama films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Franz Osten German films based on plays Films set in the Alps Napoleonic Wars films Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1933 drama films 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios Films scored by Gottfried Huppertz German-language historical drama films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub