General Crack
1929 · Dir. Alan Crosland
The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack. 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 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 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.
- Released
- 1929-12-16
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
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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
Hobart Bosworth
Count Hensdorff
Jacqueline Logan
Countess Carola
Otto Matieson
Colonel Gabor
