I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland

I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland (German: Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Max Mack and starring Leo Peukert, Grete Reinwald, and Ernst Rückert.^[1]

I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland
Directed by	Max Mack
Written by	Gustav Althoff Willy Rath
Produced by	Gustav Althoff
Starring	Leo Peukert Grete Reinwald Ernst Rückert
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Production company	Aco-Film
Distributed by	Deutsch-Nordische Film-Union
Release date	19 January 1928 (1928-01-19)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's art direction was by August Rinaldi.

Cast

• Leo Peukert as Kantinenwirt Bergmann, Feldwebel a.D.
• Grete Reinwald as Grete, seine Tochter
• Ernst Rückert as Leutnant Bernhard v. Degow
• Alexander Granach as Pollaczek, sein Bursche
• Carl Auen as Unteroffizier Zielke
• Max Tobien as Ein Sergeant
• Charles Willy Kayser as Ein südamerikanischer Kaufmann
• Helene von Bolváry as Seine Frau
• Gerd Briese as Beider Sohn
• Hella Gier as Eine Braslinianerin
• Vicky Werckmeister as Yvette
• Viktor Schwannecke as Besitzer eines Hafengasthauses
• Robby Roberts as Sein Kind
• Gustav Püttjer as Matrose Hein
• Paul Strathmann as Ein Trunkenbold
• Mathilde Sussin