Brigitte Helm Francis Lederer Warwick Ward Harry Hardt
Cinematography
Carl Hoffmann Hans Schneeberger
Music by
Maurice Jaubert Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company
Universum Film AG
Distributed by
Universum Film AG
Release date
15 April 1929 (1929-04-15)
Running time
102 minutes
Country
Germany
Languages
Sound (Synchronized) German Intertitles Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (German: Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna) is a 1929 German sound drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer and Warwick Ward. While there is no audible dialogue in the film, the soundtrack features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song. It was the last big-budget film without dialogue released by the leading German studio Universum Film AG before the transition to sound began with Melody of the Heart.[1] The film premiered on 15 April 1929 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.[2] It was amongst the most popular films released in Germany that year.[3] A sound version was prepared for English speaking audiences. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song.
The film was remade in France in 1937 as The Lie of Nina Petrovna.
^Prawer p.84
^Hardt p.238
^Hardt p.113
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