The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print material is known to have survived. Contemporary reviews were scathing, describing the film as a vastly overlong and boring talk-fest.
Acted in
Chester Morris
as Sergeant Grischa
Betty Compson
as Babka
Jean Hersholt
as Posnanski
Alec B. Francis
as General von Lychow
Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Geneneral Schieffenzahn
Leyland Hodgson
as Lieutenant Winfried (as Layland Hodgson)
Paul McAllister
as Corporal Sacht (as Paul MacAllister)
Raymond Whittaker
as Aljoscha
Bernard Siegel
as Verressjeff
Frank McCormack
as Captain Spierauge / Kolja
Percy Barbette
as Sergeant Fritz
Hal Davis
as Birkholz