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Leutnant auf Befehl
(Lieutenant by Command)
(1916) Germany
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] Danny Kaden and/or Ernst Lubitsch?

Cast: Ossi Oswalda, Ernst Lubitsch, Viktor Janson, Harry Liedtke, Erich Schönfelder, Erna Thiele

Projektions Aktiengesellschaft Union-Film [PAGU] production. / Produced by Paul Davidson. Scenario by Danny Kaden. Production design by Kurt Richter. Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl. / Released September 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

[?] Comedy?

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 12 September 2023.

References: Weinberg-Lubitsch p. 320 : Website-IMDb.