The Convicted

{{Short description|1927 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Convicted | image = The Convicted 1927 film.jpg | caption = | director = Rudolf Meinert | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Erich Kraft|Rudolf Meinert}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Eugen Klöpfer|Margarete Schlegel|Albert Steinrück|Arnold Korff}} | music = Otto Stenzeel | editing = | cinematography = A.O. Weitzenberg | studio = International Film-AG | distributor = International Film-AG | released = {{Film date|1927}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Convicted''''' (German: '''''Die Vorbestraften''''') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Margarete Schlegel and Albert Steinrück. The film portrays a group of former prisoners who struggle to reintegrate into society.<ref>Rosenblum p.205</ref>

==Cast== * Eugen Klöpfer - Karl Hartmann * Margarete Schlegel * Albert Steinrück * Arnold Korff * Benno von Arent * Julius Falkenstein * Leopold von Ledebur * Hugo Döblin * Harry Lamberts-Paulsen * Hermann Picha * Frida Richard * Hedwig Wangel * Maria Fein * Erich Kaiser-Titz * Stella Gojo * John Mylong * Arthur Wartan * Henri De Vries

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Rosenblum, Warren. ''Beyond the Prison Gates: Punishment & Welfare in Germany, 1850-1933''. UNC Press Books, 2008.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0451261}}

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