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Men Behind Bars
Men Behind Bars
German	Menschen hinter Gittern
Directed by	Pál Fejös
Written by	E. W. Brandes; Walter Hasenclever; Frances Marion; Ernst Toller
Produced by	Irving Thalberg
Starring	Heinrich George; Gustav Diessl; Egon von Jordan
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley; Harold Wenstrom
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Production; company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	June 24, 1931;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	German

Men Behind Bars (German: Menschen hinter Gittern) is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Pál Fejös and starring Heinrich George, Gustav Diessl and Egon von Jordan.^[1] It is the German language version of MGM's The Big House. In the early years of sound before dubbing became widespread, it was common to make films in multiple languages. It premiered in Berlin on June 24, 1931.

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The convicts in an overcrowded American prison plot to rise up and stage a massive jailbreak.

^ Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. p. 367. ISBN 081085967X. LCCN 2008008116.

Men Behind Bars


German	Menschen hinter Gittern

Directed by	Pál Fejös
Written by	E. W. Brandes Walter Hasenclever Frances Marion Ernst Toller
Produced by	Irving Thalberg
Starring	Heinrich George Gustav Diessl Egon von Jordan
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley Harold Wenstrom
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Production company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	June 24, 1931 (1931-06-24)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	German