STRAND
“THE CASE OF SERGEANT GRISCHA” “The Case of Sergeant Grischa,” the screen version of the well-known novel bv Arnold Zweig, has already created a sensation at the Strand Theatre. The film provides an interesting contrast to the plethora of light revue witli which picture patrons have latelv been deluged. Here is no tunefulness, no light comedy, no charming melody, but stark, gripping drama, against the bleak and bitter background of wartime Poland. It is a war picture, but there are no trench scenes. The action takes place on the Eastern front of the German Army and the story deals simply and powerfully with the tragic death of an escaped Russian soldier There is no attempt at heroics, no suggestion of melodrama. The plot is unfolded with the simplicity. the almost painful intensity of the great Russian novelists, and it ends on a note of tragedy that reflects clearly the essential cruelty and bitterness of war. The leading roles are taken by Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Alex. B Francis and many others. An excellent programme of short talkie featurettes is also being presented.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 987, 2 June 1930, Page 17
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183STRAND Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 987, 2 June 1930, Page 17
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