---
title: 'Confession (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe May'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/confession-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028737/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Confession (1937)

1937 · 87 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Confession is a 1937 American drama film directed by Joe May and starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone and Jane Bryan. It was a scene-for-scene remake of the 1935 German film Mazurka starring Pola Negri, which Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the American distribution rights for and then shelved in favor of the remake. With an estimated $513,000 budget, it started production in March 1937 and was released August 19, 1937 in New York City.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe May](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-may)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Rameau](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-rameau), [Julius J. Epstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-j-epstein)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Kreuder](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-kreuder)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sidney Hickox](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-hickox)

## Cast

- [Emmett Vogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-vogan)
- [Paul Panzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-panzer)
- [Pierre Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-watkin)
- [Laura Hope Crews](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-hope-crews)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Sam Ash](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-ash)
- [Veda Ann Borg](https://cinepixo.com/people/veda-ann-borg)
- [Edward Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-keane)
- [Lawrence Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-grant)
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone)
- [Ellinor Vanderveer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellinor-vanderveer)
- [Jane Bryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-bryan)
- [Bernard Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-siegel)
- [Glen Cavender](https://cinepixo.com/people/glen-cavender)
- [Robert Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barrat)

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