Homecoming (1928 film)

Homecoming
Directed by	Joe May
Written by	Joe May Fritz Wendhausen
Based on	Karl und Anna 1926 novella by Leonhard Frank
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Lars Hanson Dita Parlo Gustav Fröhlich
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet Günther Rittau
Edited by	Joe May
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner Karl Hajos
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	29 August 1928 (1928-08-29)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent Version Sound Version (Synchronized) German intertitles

Homecoming (German: Heimkehr) is a 1928 German silent war drama film directed by Joe May and starring Lars Hanson, Dita Parlo, and Gustav Fröhlich. A sound version was prepared with the help of Paramount Pictures. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The sound version was more widely exhibited then the silent version due to the general public's apathy to silent films.

It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Schwarz [arz; de].