''The Queen of Whitechapel'' (German: ''Die Königin von Whitechapel'') is a 1922 German

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by

Wolfgang Neff Wolfgang Neff (8 September 1875 – disappeared 1945) was an Austrian film director. He directed 50 films between 1920 and 1930. He was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic). Selected filmography * ''Nat Pinkerton ...

and starring

Esther Carena Esther Carena (born Franziska Lucia Pfeiffer; 24 August 1898 – 26 January 1972) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1916 and 1924. Biography The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine f ...

Hermann Vallentin Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor. Biography Hermann Vallentin was born in Berlin in 1872. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress ...

, and

Claire Rommer Claire Rommer (born Klara Romberger; 7 December 1904 – 19 August 1996) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922) * '' The Anthem of Love'' (1922) * '' Der Herzog von Aleria'' (1923) * ...

.Bock & Töteberg p.68 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Franz Schroedter Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212 Selected filmography * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Queen of Whitechapel ...

Cast

as Ninette *

as Bertot *

as Harriet Wolsey * Marian Alma as Notar Graham *

Magnus Stifter Magnus Stifter (23 January 1878 – 8 September 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1914 and 1941. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Vienna, Nazi Germany (now Austria). ...

as Harper *

Hugo Fischer-Köppe Hugo Fischer-Köppe (13 February 1890, in Bielefeld – 31 December 1937, in Berlin) was an early Germany, German film actor. Fischer-Köppe entered film in 1917 and appeared in some 80 different films between 1913 and his premature death in 1937 ...

as Viscont Chalton * Adele Hartwig as Parker *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...

as Komiker *

Max Ruhbeck Max Ruhbeck (1 September 1858 – 2 November 1945) was a German actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1915 to 1923. Selected filmography References External links * 1858 births 1945 deaths German male stage actors Germ ...

as Lord Wolsey

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock & Michael Töteberg. ''Das Ufa-Buch''. Zweitausendeins, 1992.

External links

* 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Wolfgang Neff German silent feature films Films set in London German black-and-white films {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub