The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
| 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. The film premiered on 15 April 1929 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. It was amongst the most popular films released in Germany that year. 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.