General Crack 1929

Synopsis:

The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack. His father had been a respectable member of the nobility but his mother was a gypsy. General Crack, as a soldier of fortune, spent his adult life selling his services to the highest bidder. He espouses the doubtful cause of Leopold II of Austria after demanding the sister of the emperor in marriage as well as half of gold of the Empire. Before he has finished his work, however, he meets a gypsy dancer and weds her. Complications arise when he takes his gypsy wife to the Austrian court and falls desperately in love with the emperor's sister.

Directed by: Alan Crosland
Written by: J. Grubb Alexander
Runtime: 97 minutes
Cast:
John Barrymore
John Barrymore
Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian 
Philippe De Lacy
Philippe De Lacy
Christian, as a boy 
Lowell Sherman
Lowell Sherman
Leopold II 
Marian Nixon
Marian Nixon
Archduchess Maria Luisa 
Armida
Armida
Fidelia 
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth
Count Hensdorff