# The Insurmountable

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{{short description|1928 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Insurmountable
| image          = The Insurmountable.jpg
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Max Obal](/source/Max_Obal)
| producer       = [Gabriel Levy](/source/Gabriel_Levy)
| writer         = {{ubl|Max Obal|[Hans Rameau](/source/Hans_Rameau)}}
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[Luciano Albertini](/source/Luciano_Albertini)|[Vivian Gibson](/source/Vivian_Gibson)|[Paul Henckels](/source/Paul_Henckels)}}
| music          = 
| editing        =
| cinematography = {{ubl|[Robert Lach](/source/Robert_Lach)|[Edoardo Lamberti](/source/Edoardo_Lamberti)|[Guido Seeber](/source/Guido_Seeber)}}
| studio         = [Aafa-Film](/source/Aafa-Film)
| distributor    = Aafa-Film 
| released       = {{Film date|1928|08|28|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 98 minutes
| country        = Germany
| language       = {{ubl|Silent|German [intertitles](/source/intertitles)}}
| budget         =  
| gross          =
}}
'''''The Insurmountable''''' (German: '''''Der Unüberwindliche''''') is a 1928 German [silent](/source/silent_film) [adventure film](/source/adventure_film) directed by [Max Obal](/source/Max_Obal) and starring [Luciano Albertini](/source/Luciano_Albertini), [Vivian Gibson](/source/Vivian_Gibson) and [Paul Henckels](/source/Paul_Henckels).<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.193</ref> It was shot at the [Staaken Studios](/source/Staaken_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director)s [Botho Hoefer](/source/Botho_Hoefer) and [Hans Minzloff](/source/Hans_Minzloff).

==Cast==
* [Luciano Albertini](/source/Luciano_Albertini) as Silvio Spaventa  
* Hilda Rosch as Rina Pera  
* [Paul Henckels](/source/Paul_Henckels) as H. van Teen, Juwelier & Jim  
* [Vivian Gibson](/source/Vivian_Gibson) as Heloise  
* [Hermann Picha](/source/Hermann_Picha) as Sunny, ein Faktotum  
* [Carl Geppert](/source/Carl_Geppert) as Polizeirat Hellberg  
* [Alexander Sascha](/source/Alexander_Sascha) as Grand  
* [Harry Grunwald](/source/Harry_Grunwald) as Big  
* [Hans Wallner](/source/Hans_Wallner_(actor)) as Liska  
* [Robert Garrison](/source/Robert_Garrison_(actor)) as Farmer  
* [Grace Chiang](/source/Grace_Chiang) as O-Nana-San  
* [Alfred Loretto](/source/Alfred_Loretto) as Polizeiwachtmeister Grigoleit 
* [Heinrich Gotho](/source/Heinrich_Gotho)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0019515}}

{{Max Obal}}

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Category:1928 films
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Max Obal
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Staaken Studios

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