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The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928)

The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928)

Drama Horror

A drama of the strangest passion the screen has ever dared to show!

Release Date: 1928, January 11
Directors: Max Reichmann
Countries: Germany
Production: Deutsche Film Union

Overview:

Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.