The Judas of Tyrol

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| name =The Judas of Tyrol

| image =The Judas of Tyrol.jpg

| caption =

| director = Franz Osten

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Hans Curjel|Karl Schönherr (play)}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Fritz Rasp|Camilla Spira|Marianne Hoppe}}

| music = Gottfried Huppertz

| cinematography = Willy Winterstein

| editing = Friedel Buckow

| studio = Lothar Stark-Film

| distributor = Europa-Filmverleih

| released = {{film date|1933|11|21|df=y}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

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The Judas of Tyrol ({{langx|de|Der Judas von Tirol}}) is a 1933 German historical drama film directed by Franz Osten and starring Fritz Rasp, Camilla Spira, and Marianne Hoppe.Bock & Bergfelder p. 212 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.89 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. Its Berlin premiere was at the Marmorhaus.

Plot

The film is set in the early nineteenth century, when Tyrol was under foreign occupation. The Tyrolean folk hero Andreas Hofer hides in the village of St Leonhardt, whose residents are preparing to stage their annual Passion Play. The film focuses on Raffl, a young farmhand cast in the role of Judas. Raffl gradually loses the ability to distinguish between role and reality.

Cast

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Fritz Rasp as Raffl
Camilla Spira as Walpurga
Marianne Hoppe as Josefa
Inez Allegri as Vroni
Fritz Kampers as Jörgel
Eduard von Winterstein as Kreutzwirt
Hanns Beck-Gaden as Ein junger Bauer
Theodor Loos as Ein Komissär
Oskar Marion as Kommandant
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Erster Offizier
Leopold von Ledebur as Der Oberst
C.W. Tetting as Ein Sergeant
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Spielmeister

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Production

The film was directed by Franz Osten and composed by Gottfried Huppertz. Camilla Spira, who was Jewish, was interned in a concentration camp after making the film and left Germany after being freed.{{sfn|Waldman|2008|p=72}}

Release

Casino Film Exchange re-released the film in the United States in June 1941.{{sfn|Waldman|2008|p=72}}

References

Works cited

{{cite book|last=Waldman |first=Harry |title=Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942 |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=2008 |isbn=9780786438617}}

Bibliography

{{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.