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title: 'The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hanns Schwarz'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wonderful-lies-of-nina-petrovna-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020608/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)

1929 · 102 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna

## Synopsis

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hanns Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-schwarz)
- **Screenplay:** [Fritz Rotter](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-rotter), [János Székely](https://cinepixo.com/people/janos-szekely)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner), [Maurice Jaubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jaubert)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carl Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-hoffmann)

## Cast

- [Michael von Newlinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-von-newlinsky)
- [Warwick Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/warwick-ward)
- [Brigitte Helm](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-helm)
- [Ekkehard Arendt](https://cinepixo.com/people/ekkehard-arendt)
- [Francis Lederer](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-lederer)
- [Franz Schafheitlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-schafheitlin)
- [Harry Hardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hardt)

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