Men Behind Bars

Men Behind Bars (German: Menschen hinter Gittern) is a 1931 German-language American Pre-Code drama film directed by Pál Fejös and starring Heinrich George, Gustav Diessl and Egon von Jordan.^[1] It is the German language version of MGM's The Big House. In the early years of sound before dubbing became widespread, it was common to make films in multiple languages. It premiered in Berlin on June 24, 1931.

Men Behind Bars
German	Menschen hinter Gittern
Directed by	Pál Fejös
Written by	E. W. Brandes Walter Hasenclever Frances Marion Ernst Toller
Produced by	Irving Thalberg
Starring	Heinrich George Gustav Diessl Egon von Jordan
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley Harold Wenstrom
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Production company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	June 24, 1931 (1931-06-24)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	German

Synopsis

The convicts in an overcrowded American prison plot to rise up and stage a massive jailbreak.

Cast

• Heinrich George as Butch
• Gustav Diessl as Morris
• Egon von Jordan as Kent Marlow
• Anton Pointner as Supervisor Wallace
• Dita Parlo as Annie Marlow
• Paul Morgan as Putnam
• Herman Bing as lawyer
• Peter Erkelenz as Der Gefängnisdirektor
• Karl Etlinger as Gefängniswärter
• Adolf E. Licho as Annie's father
• Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Oliver