People in Need (film)

People in Need (German: Volk in Not or Ein Heldenlied von Tannenberg) is a 1925 German silent war film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Hermine Sterler, Werner Pittschau and Claire Rommer.^[1]

People in Need
Directed by	Wolfgang Neff
Written by	Marie Luise Droop
Produced by	Liddy Hegewald
Starring	Hermine Sterler Werner Pittschau Claire Rommer
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Production company	Hegewald Film
Distributed by	Hegewald Film
Release date	10 December 1925 (1925-12-10)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

• Hermine Sterler as Elisabeth Ditten, Gutsbesitzerin
• Werner Pittschau as Horst - Elisabeths Sohn
• Claire Rommer as Herta - Elisabeths Nichte
• Heinrich Peer as Der Oberst
• Josef Breitbart as Ein Offiziersbursche
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Der Pastor
• Eva Speyer as Die Pastorin
• Sophie Pagay as Die Magd
• Eduard von Winterstein as General Samsonoff
• Gustav Adolf Semler as Graf Wolkonski - Samsonoffs Adjutant
• Karl Beckersachs as Jergunoff - russischer Stabsarzt
• Aruth Wartan as Russischer Generalstabchef
• Ernst Rückert as Russischer Leutnant
• Traute Gerlach as Ein Bauernmädchen