---
title: 'Sins of the Fathers (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ludwig Berger'
released: '1928-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sins-of-the-fathers-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019391/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sins of the Fathers (1928)

1928 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Sins of the Fathers is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. Like the majority of films during the early sound era, it was also issued in a silent version for theaters which were not yet wired for sound. The film was directed by Ludwig Berger and stars Emil Jannings and Ruth Chatterton in her motion picture debut.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ludwig Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-berger)
- **Screenplay:** [E. Lloyd Sheldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-lloyd-sheldon), [Julian Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-johnson-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Riesenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-riesenfeld)
- **Producer:** [Famous Players-Lasky Corporation](https://cinepixo.com/people/famous-players-lasky-corporation)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner), [Slavko Vorkapić](https://cinepixo.com/people/slavko-vorkapic)
- **Editor:** [Frances Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marsh)

## Cast

- [Arthur Housman](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-housman)
- [Anne Shirley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-shirley)
- [Ruth Chatterton](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-chatterton)
- [Matthew Betz](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-betz)
- [Harry Cording](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cording)
- [Jean Arthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-arthur)
- [ZaSu Pitts](https://cinepixo.com/people/zasu-pitts)
- [Barry Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-norton)
- [Emil Jannings](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-jannings)
- [Frank Reicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-reicher)

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