''Burning Country'' () is a 1921

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directed by Heinz Herald and starring Marie Wismar,

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, and

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. It premiered in

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on 10 March 1921.Grange p. 88

Cast

* Marie Wismar as Frau Valevski *

as Vikar Benedikt *

as Karl *

Albert Steinrück Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

as General Braticzek *

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as Marie, Karls Braut *

John Gottowt John Gottowt (born Isidor Gesang; 15 June 1881 – 29 August 1942) was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies. Gottowt was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish fami ...

as Wladislaus * Lyda Salmonova as Mascha * Geo Bergal as Heinrich *

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References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent short films Films directed by Heinz Herald German black-and-white films 1921 adventure films Silent German adventure films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-silent-adventure-film-stub