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Directed by | Johannes Guter |
Produced by | Oskar Messter |
Written by | Franz Schulz (novel) |
Starring |
Xenia Desni Walter Rilla Paul Heidemann |
Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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4 February 1924 |
Country | Germany |
Language | Silent German intertitles |
Leap Into Life (German: Der Sprung ins Leben) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni, Walter Rilla and Paul Heidemann. It features one the earliest film appearances of the future star Marlene Dietrich.
It was partly shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin as well as on location around Rugen. The film's sets were designed by Rudi Feld.
A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.