Two Red Roses

1928 film

Liane Haid
Alexander Murski
Harry Halm

CinematographyArthur MartinelliMusic by

Walter Kollo
Werner Schmidt-Boelcke

Production
company

Deutsche Film Union

Distributed byDeutsche First National Pictures

Release date

22 April 1929 (1929-04-22)

CountryGermanyLanguages

Silent
German intertitles

Two Red Roses (German: Zwei rote Rosen) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Liane Haid, Alexander Murski, and Harry Halm.^[1] The film was released in a sound version in England by First National Pathé.^[2] While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew.

Cast

Liane Haid as Friedel Schulze
Alexander Murski as Direktor Eriksen
Harry Halm as Hans, sein Sohn
Oskar Marion as Ernst Ritter, Komponist
Oreste Bilancia as Generaldirektor Bergen
Trude Hesterberg as Eugenie, seine Frau
La Jana as Lilli, seine Tochter
Gyula Szőreghy as Rothe
Teddy Bill as Georg

Music

The sound version features a theme song entitled “Two Red Roses” by Ralph Stanley (words) and Walter Kollo (music).

References

^ Wlaschin p. 181
^ Ken Wlaschin (2009). The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896–1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings. McFarland & Company. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7864-3804-4.

Bibliography

Ken Wlaschin. The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896–1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings. McFarland & Company, 2009.