| The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna | |
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| Directed by | Hanns Schwarz |
| Written by | Hans Székely Fritz Rotter |
| Produced by | Erich Pommer |
| Starring | Brigitte Helm Francis Lederer Warwick Ward Harry Hardt |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann Hans Schneeberger |
| Music by | Maurice Jaubert Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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| Distributed by | Universum Film AG |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) German Intertitles Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (German: Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna) is a 1929 German sound drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer and Warwick Ward. While there is no audible dialogue in the film, the soundtrack features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song. It was the last big-budget film without dialogue released by the leading German studio Universum Film AG before the transition to sound began with Melody of the Heart.[1] The film premiered on 15 April 1929 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.[2] It was amongst the most popular films released in Germany that year.[3] A sound version was prepared for English speaking audiences. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song.
The film was remade in France in 1937 as The Lie of Nina Petrovna.