Woman in the Jungle
1931 film
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Woman in the Jungle (German: Weib im Dschungel) is a 1931 American drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Charlotte Ander, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Erich Ponto.[1] It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris as the German-language version of The Letter. Such multiple-language versions were common during the early years of sound before dubbing became widespread. Like the original it was based on the 1927 play The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham.
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| Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
| Written by | Henry Koster |
| Based on | The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham. |
| Starring | Charlotte Ander Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur Erich Ponto |
| Cinematography | René Guissart |
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| Distributed by | Parufamet |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
In British Malaya, the wife of an owner rubber plantation takes a lover amongst the colonial elite. When he tires of her and takes up with a Chinese woman instead, she shoots him dead. She now faces an investigation.
Cast
- Charlotte Ander as Leslie Crosbie
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Robert Crosbie
- Erich Ponto as Joyce
- Robert Thoeren as Geoffrey Hammond
- Grace Chiang as Li-Ti
- Yuon Ling Tschang as Ong
- Philipp Manning as Der Vorsitzende
