Storms of Passion

{{short description|1932 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Storms of Passion | image = Storms of Passion.png | caption = | director = [[Robert Siodmak]] | producer = [[Erich Pommer]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Robert Liebmann]]|[[Hans Müller (writer)|Hans Müller]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Emil Jannings]]|[[Anna Sten]]|[[Trude Hesterberg]]|[[Franz Nicklisch]]}} | music = [[Friedrich Hollaender]] | editing = [[Viktor Gertler]] | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Otto Baecker]]|[[Günther Rittau]]}} | studio = [[Universum Film|UFA]] | distributor = UFA | released = {{Film date|1932|01|22|df=yes}} | runtime = 101 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Storms of Passion''''' (German: '''''Stürme der Leidenschaft''''') is a 1932 [[Cinema of Germany|German]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Robert Siodmak]] and starring [[Emil Jannings]], [[Anna Sten]] and [[Trude Hesterberg]]. It is regarded as a precursor of [[film noir]].<ref>Spicer p.xviii</ref> The film was produced by Germany's leading film company [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] and shot at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] in Berlin. The sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Erich Kettelhut]]. It premiered at the [[Ufa-Palast am Zoo]] on 22 January 1932.<ref>Grange p.380</ref><ref>Hardt p.240</ref> An alternative French language version ''[[Tumultes (1932 film)|Tumultes]]'', starring [[Charles Boyer]], was also released.

==Synopsis== Criminal Gustav Bumke is released early from his prison sentence and returns to the [[tenement]] block where he lives with girlfriend Annya. His old colleagues want him to join them on a bank robbery. He is reluctant at first, but when they run into trouble he comes to their assistance. Then, needing an [[alibi]], he goes to a party where he witnesses Annya cheating on him with the photographer Ralph. In the ensuing struggle, his love rival falls to his death. Now wanted for murder, his hiding place is betrayed by his erstwhile girlfriend. Bumke calmy accepts arrest, feeling there is more truth inside prison than outside with the dishonest Annya.

==Cast== * [[Emil Jannings]] as Gustav Bumke * [[Anna Sten]] as Russen-Annya * [[Trude Hesterberg]] as Yvonne * [[Franz Nicklisch]] as Willy Prawanzke * [[Otto Wernicke]] as Police Commissioner * [[Hans Deppe]] as Der Nuschler * [[Hans Reimann (writer)|Hans Reimann]] as Max * [[Julius Falkenstein]] as Paul * [[Anton Pointner]] as Ralph Kruschewski * [[Wilhelm Bendow]] as Emmerich * [[Hermann Vallentin]] as Gefängnisdirektor

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. * Spicer, Andrew. ''Historical Dictionary of Film Noir''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0023535}}

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