# Storms of Passion > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Storms_of_Passion > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Storms_of_Passion.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storms_of_Passion > Source revision: 1341604058 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1932 film Storms of Passion Directed by Robert Siodmak Written by Robert Liebmann Hans Müller Produced by Erich Pommer Starring Emil Jannings Anna Sten Trude Hesterberg Franz Nicklisch Cinematography Otto Baecker Günther Rittau Edited by Viktor Gertler Music by Friedrich Hollaender Production company UFA Distributed by UFA Release date 22 January 1932 (1932-01-22) Running time 101 minutes Country Germany Language German ***Storms of Passion*** (German: ***Stürme der Leidenschaft***) is a 1932 [German](/source/Cinema_of_Germany) [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Robert Siodmak](/source/Robert_Siodmak) and starring [Emil Jannings](/source/Emil_Jannings), [Anna Sten](/source/Anna_Sten) and [Trude Hesterberg](/source/Trude_Hesterberg). It is regarded as a precursor of [film noir](/source/Film_noir).[1] The film was produced by Germany's leading film company [UFA](/source/Universum_Film_AG) and shot at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) in Berlin. The sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Erich Kettelhut](/source/Erich_Kettelhut). It premiered at the [Ufa-Palast am Zoo](/source/Ufa-Palast_am_Zoo) on 22 January 1932.[2][3] An alternative French language version *[Tumultes](/source/Tumultes_(1932_film))*, starring [Charles Boyer](/source/Charles_Boyer), was also released. ## Synopsis Criminal Gustav Bumke is released early from his prison sentence and returns to the [tenement](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Emil_Jannings) as Gustav Bumke - [Anna Sten](/source/Anna_Sten) as Russen-Annya - [Trude Hesterberg](/source/Trude_Hesterberg) as Yvonne - [Franz Nicklisch](/source/Franz_Nicklisch) as Willy Prawanzke - [Otto Wernicke](/source/Otto_Wernicke) as Police Commissioner - [Hans Deppe](/source/Hans_Deppe) as Der Nuschler - [Hans Reimann](/source/Hans_Reimann_(writer)) as Max - [Julius Falkenstein](/source/Julius_Falkenstein) as Paul - [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) as Ralph Kruschewski - [Wilhelm Bendow](/source/Wilhelm_Bendow) as Emmerich - [Hermann Vallentin](/source/Hermann_Vallentin) as Gefängnisdirektor ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Spicer p.xviii 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Grange p.380 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hardt p.240 ## 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 - [*Storms of Passion*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023535/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Robert Siodmak Europe 1930–1939 People on Sunday (1930) Farewell (1930) Inquest (1931) About an Inquest (1931, MLV) The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931) Storms of Passion (1932) Quick (1932) The Burning Secret (1933) The Weaker Sex (1933) The Crisis is Over (1934) La Vie parisienne (1936) Parisian Life (1936) The Great Refrain (1936) Compliments of Mister Flow (1936) White Cargo (1937) Mollenard (1938) The Corsican Brothers (1939) Personal Column (1939) Hollywood 1941–1951 West Point Widow (1941) Fly-by-Night (1942) The Night Before the Divorce (1942) My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) Someone to Remember (1943) Son of Dracula (1943) Phantom Lady (1944) Cobra Woman (1944) Christmas Holiday (1944) The Suspect (1944) The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) The Spiral Staircase (1946) The Killers (1946) The Dark Mirror (1946) Time Out of Mind (1947) Cry of the City (1948) Criss Cross (1949) The Great Sinner (1949) The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) Deported (1950) The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) Europe 1952–1969 The Crimson Pirate (1952) Flesh and the Woman (1954) Die Ratten (1955) My Father, the Actor (1956) The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Dorothea Angermann (1959) Magnificent Sinner (1959) The Rough and the Smooth (1959) My Schoolfriend (1960) The Nina B. 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