Kill No More! (1919)
The director and co-writer Lupu Pick plays musician Erik Paulsson, who loses his beloved son after a peaceful yet critical poetry reading is raided by the tsarist forces. Paulsson, beside himself with grief, kills the officer responsible and is sentenced to life, which will mean 18 years in prison before he is free again. While he is inside, by a strange quirk of fate, his daughter Karin falls in love with writer Sebald Brückner, the son of the state prosecutor, who indicted Paulsson and is a staunch advocate of the death penalty. The conflict between the fathers does not impair the relationship of the young couple. However, when Sebald’s long-desired success on the stage is threatened by a vengeful theatre director who had sexually harassed Karin, he is enraged and kills the other man in a fight. The prosecutor now must face the blow of losing his own son to the death penalty.
Cast
- Lupu Pick - Erik Paulsson
- Edith Posca - Karin
- Johannes Riemann - Sebald
- Fritz Schulz
- Albert Patry - Brückner
- Eduard Rothauser - Lundt
- Bernhard Goetzke
- Rudolf Klein-Rhoden
- Paul Biensfeldt
- Emilie Kurz
Screenplay
- Lupu Pick (Screenplay)
- Gerhard Lamprecht (Screenplay)
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Kill No More! about?
- The director and co-writer Lupu Pick plays musician Erik Paulsson, who loses his beloved son after a peaceful yet critical poetry reading is raided by the tsarist forces. Paulsson, beside himself with grief, kills the officer responsible and is sentenced to life, which will mean 18 years in prison before he is free again. While he is inside, by a strange quirk of fate, his daughter Karin falls in love with writer Sebald Brückner, the son of the state prosecutor, who indicted Paulsson and is a staunch advocate of the death penalty. The conflict between the fathers does not impair the relationship of the young couple. However, when Sebald’s long-desired success on the stage is threatened by a vengeful theatre director who had sexually harassed Karin, he is enraged and kills the other man in a fight. The prosecutor now must face the blow of losing his own son to the death penalty.
- Who directed Kill No More!?
- Kill No More! was directed by Lupu Pick.
- Who stars in Kill No More!?
- Kill No More! stars Lupu Pick, Edith Posca, Johannes Riemann, Fritz Schulz, Albert Patry, Eduard Rothauser.
- How long is Kill No More!?
- Kill No More! has a runtime of 2h 7m (127 minutes).
- What genre is Kill No More!?
- Kill No More! is a Crime, Drama film.
- Where was Kill No More! produced?
- Kill No More! was produced in Germany.