Ash Wednesday () is a 1931 German drama film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Hans Stüwe and Claire Rommer.Waldman p. 104 It was shot at the Grunewald Studios and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.https://www.filmportal.de/film/aschermittwoch_5f39ae4e423e4ef9bd29187b6ef22bee
Synopsis In 1913 in Cologne during a carnival at the time of Ash Wednesday, Captain von Rochow encounters an old friend from his cadet days Lieutenant Georg von Linken. Georg, whose father is colonel of the regiment, embarks in an affair with the captain's flirtatious wife Yvette. Once this is exposed the harshness of military honour of the period demands that he commit suicide for the disgrace.
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