Incest
Directed by	James Bauer
Written by	Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren
Produced by	Josef Hahn
Starring	Walter Rilla Erna Morena Olga Chekhova
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann
Music by	Pasquale Perris
Production company	Ines Internationale Spielfilm
Distributed by	Biograph-Film
Release date	16 October 1929 (1929-10-16)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Incest (German: § 173 St.G. B. Blutschande) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by James Bauer and starring Walter Rilla, Erna Morena, and Olga Chekhova.^[1] It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner.

Gardener Martin Hollman meets Lisbeth his much older wife Hedwig's daughter from her first marriage. She becomes his housekeeper and the two fall in love and when she falls pregnant go to get married. At the registry office they are informed that under the criminal code they are considered to have committed incest.

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

• Incest at IMDb

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