---
title: 'The Rats (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hanns Kobe'
released: '1921-07-29'
runtime_minutes: 59
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-rats-1921'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012611/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Rats (1921)

1921 · 59 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die Ratten

## Synopsis

The Rats is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Hanns Kobe and starring Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, and Eugen Klöpfer. It is based on the 1911 play The Rats by Gerhart Hauptmann. It premiered in Berlin on 29 July 1921. The play was later adapted into a 1955 film.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Grete Ly](https://cinepixo.com/people/grete-ly)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Screenplay:** [Gerhart Hauptmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhart-hauptmann)
- **Director:** [Hanns Kobe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-kobe)

## Cast

- [Hermann Vallentin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-vallentin)
- [Gertrude W. Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrude-w-hoffmann)
- [Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinrich-von-twardowski)
- [Lucie Höflich](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-hoflich)
- [Emil Jannings](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-jannings)
- [Marija Leiko](https://cinepixo.com/people/marija-leiko)
- [Blandine Ebinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/blandine-ebinger)
- [Preben Rist](https://cinepixo.com/people/preben-rist)
- [Eugen Klöpfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-klopfer)
- [Max Kronert](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-kronert)

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