''The Customs Judge'' (German: ''Der Sittenrichter'') is a 1929 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

Carl Heinz Wolff Carl Heinz Wolff (1884–1942) was a German screenwriter, producer and film director.Grange p.256 Selected filmography Director *''The Mexican'' (1918) * ''The Prisoner'' (1920) * '' Lord of the Night'' (1927) * '' The Customs Judge'' (1929) * ' ...

and starring

Margarete Schlegel Margarethe Sylva Elisabeth Wisniewski (né Schlegel, 31 December 1899 – 15 July 1987), known professionally as Margarete Schlegel, was a German theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer. Early life The sixth of seven children and the ...

, Gerd Briese and

Margarete Kupfer Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress. Partial filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Frau Eva'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917 ...

. The film's sets were designed by

Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The White Roses of Ravensberg (1919 film), The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919 ...

Cast

as Susi Böhm * Gerd Briese as Hans Herrmann *

as Frau Böhm *

Rudolf Lettinger Rudolf Lettinger (26 October 1865 in Hamburg – 21 March 1937 in Berlin-Schöneberg) was a German stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1883 when he played the role of Kosinsky in Friedrich Schiller's drama ''The Robbers''. Some of ...

as Justizwachmeister Böhm *

Erna Morena Erna Morena (born Ernestine Maria Fuchs, 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962) was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951. Biography Ernestine Maria Fuchs ...

as Liddy Lohwald *

Carl Auen Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the ...

as Hilmer *

Leopold von Ledebur Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * '' The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' T ...

as Dr. Lohwald *

Maria Forescu Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitle ...

as Frau mit dem dunkeln Gewerbe *

Julius Falkenstein Julius Falkenstein (25 February 1879 – 9 December 1933) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1914 and 1933. Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making ...

as Kriminalkommissar *

Ilse Nast Ilse is a Germanic feminine given name. It is technically a German diminutive of Elisabeth, functioning as a given name in its own right chiefly in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa and all of the Scandinavia ...

as Eine Verurteilte *

Kurt Brenkendorf Kurt Brenkendorf (born Benno Kurt Bockenheuser; 13 June 1882 – 10 September 1944) was a German stage and film actor.Grange p.256 Selected filmography *''The Mexican'' (1918) * '' Victim of Society'' (1919) * ''The Prisoner'' (1920) * '' Deceive ...

as der Vater * Maria Kromer as die Mutter

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* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Carl Heinz Wolff Films about abortion in Germany German black-and-white films {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub