The Yellow Flag
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	Fred Andreas (novel) Helmut Brandis Otto Linnekogel
Produced by	Franz Vogel
Starring	Hans Albers Olga Chekhova Dorothea Wieck
Cinematography	Franz Koch
Edited by	Fritz C. Mauch
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Euphono-Film
Distributed by	Panorama-Film
Release date	12 October 1937 (1937-10-12)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Yellow Flag (German: Die gelbe Flagge) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Albers, Olga Chekhova and Dorothea Wieck.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Location filming took place in Yugoslavia.

An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has contracted a serious fever. He does not accompany the trip, which runs into major problems. Later he is able to go to the rescue of the survivors including the American journalist Helen Roeder whom he is in love with.

• Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

• The Yellow Flag at IMDb

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