General Crack (1929)

The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack. His father had been a respectable member of the nobility but his mother was a gypsy. General Crack, as a soldier of fortune, spent his adult life selling his services to the highest bidder. He espouses the doubtful cause of Leopold II of Austria after demanding the sister of the emperor in marriage as well as half of gold of the Empire. Before he has finished his work, however, he meets a gypsy dancer and weds her. Complications arise when he takes his gypsy wife to the Austrian court and falls desperately in love with the emperor's sister.

Cast (8)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

John Barrymore

Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian

Philippe De Lacy

Christian, as a boy

Lowell Sherman

Leopold II

Marian Nixon

Archduchess Maria Luisa

Armida

Fidelia

Hobart Bosworth

Count Hensdorff

Jacqueline Logan

Countess Carola

Otto Matieson

Colonel Gabor

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