''Unusable'' (German: ''Unsühnbar'') is a 1917 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
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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and starring
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German ...
and
Grete Diercks
Margarete "Grete" Diercks (September 1, 1890, in Hamburg – July 15, 1978, in Lauingen) was a German actress.
Biography
Diercks had been active since childhood as an actress at the 1900 Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. On her 11th birthday, ...
.
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 ...
in
Berlin
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.
Cast
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Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German ...
as die Mutter
*Toni Zimmerer as ihr Sohn
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Johannes Müller as ihr Sohn
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Grete Diercks
Margarete "Grete" Diercks (September 1, 1890, in Hamburg – July 15, 1978, in Lauingen) was a German actress.
Biography
Diercks had been active since childhood as an actress at the 1900 Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. On her 11th birthday, ...
References
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Films of the German Empire
German silent feature films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
German war drama films
1917 drama films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
German black-and-white films
Films set on the German home front during World War I
1910s war drama films
Silent war drama films
1910s German films
1910s German-language films
German-language war drama films
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