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The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928)
Directed by Max Reichmann
Overview
Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.
Length 60 minutes
Actors
Paul Wegener | Mary Johnson | Hugo Döblin | Georg Guertler | Camillo Kossuth | Maximilian Schreck | Kurt Gerron