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General Crack is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alan Crosland released in USA on 25 january 1930 with John Barrymore

General Crack (1930)

General Crack
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Released in USA 25 january 1930
Length 1h37
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Action,    Historical,    Romance
Rating74% 3.710323.710323.710323.710323.71032

General Crack (1930) is a part-talkie historical costume drama film with Technicolor sequences which was produced by Warner Bros., filmed in 1929 and released early in 1930. The film was directed by Alan Crosland and stars John Barrymore in his first full-length all-talking feature. This would prove to be Crosland and Barrymore's last historical epic together.

Synopsis

The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack (John Barrymore). His father had been a respectable member of the nobility but his mother was a gypsy. General Crack, as a soldier of fortune, spent his adult life selling his services to the highest bidder. He espouses the doubtful cause of Leopold II of Austria (Lowell Sherman) after demanding the sister of the emperor in marriage as well as half of gold of the Empire. Before he has finished his work, however, he meets a gypsy dancer (Armida) and weds her. Complications arise when he takes his gypsy wife to the Austrian court and falls desperately in love with the emperor's sister (Marian Nixon). The court sequence was originally in Technicolor and proved to be Barrymore's last appearance in color.

Actors

John Barrymore

(Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian)Philippe De Lacy

(Christian, as a boy)Lowell Sherman

(Leopold II)Marian Nixon

(Archduchess Maria Luisa)Armida

(Fidelia)
And :
Hobart Bosworth
Jacqueline Logan
Otto Matieson
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