Leap Into Life

Leap Into Life
Directed by Johannes Guter
Written by Franz Schulz (novel)
Produced by Oskar Messter
Starring
Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
 4 February 1924
Running time
 83 minutes
Country Germany
Languages

Leap Into Life (German: Der Sprung ins Leben) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni, Walter Rilla and Paul Heidemann. It features one the earliest film appearances of the future star Marlene Dietrich. It was partly shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin as well as on location around Rügen in the Baltic Sea. The film's sets were designed by Rudi Feld.

Synopsis

A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.

Cast