''Alpine Tragedy'' (german: Alpentragödie) is a 1927 German silent

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directed by

Robert Land Robert Land (1887–1940) was an Austrian-Jewish film director of Moravian descent. Biography Born as Robert Liebmann to a German-speaking Jewish Family in Kroměříž. Land moved to Vienna to study German literature and art history. He start ...

and starring Lucy Doraine, Arnold Korff and

Vladimir Gajdarov Vladimir Georgievich Gajdarov ( Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Гайдаров; 25 July 1893 – 17 November 1978) was a Russian film actor and star of Russian and German silent cinema. Filmography *'' Father Sergius'' (1917) ...

.Grange p. 265 The film was based on the 1909 novel of the same title by Richard Voß. It was shot at the

Staaken Studios Staaken Studios was a film studio located in Staaken on the outskirts of the German capital Berlin. A large former zeppelin hangar, it was converted to film use following the First World War and operated during the Weimar Republic. In July 1923 it ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Andrej Andrejew Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/ Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: * Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman * ...

and

Erich Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 – 15 April 1991) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officiall ...

. It was released by the German branch of the American company

First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count ...

Cast

* Lucy Doraine as Gräfin Josette da Rimini * Arnold Korff as Graf da Rimini *

as Maler Sivo Courtien * Hanni Hoess as Maira * Fritz Kortner as Mairas Vater *

Wolfgang Zilzer Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor. Biography Zilzer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to German-Jewish emigrant Max Zilzer, who was employed at the ...

as Fredo, Lehrer *

Eugen Neufeld Eugen Neufeld (6 December 1882 in Göding – 18 October 1950 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Jewish film actor. He was the older brother of actor and director Max Neufeld.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German ...

as Graf Pinedo * Dene Morel as Prinz René * Louis Ralph as Vital, Bergführer

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* 1927 films Films of the Weimar Republic German drama films 1927 drama films 1920s German-language films Films directed by Robert Land German silent feature films German black-and-white films Silent drama films 1920s German films Films shot at Staaken Studios {{1920s-Germany-film-stub