''Crucified Girl'' (German: ''Mädchen am Kreuz'') is a 1929 German silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck (8 November 1881 in Vienna as Jacob Julius Fleck – 19 September 1953, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman. He is noted for his long-standing professional partnership with his wife ...

and Luise FleckPrawer p.85 and starring Valerie Boothby,

Gertrud de Lalsky Gertrud de Lalsky (27 January 1878 in Danzig – 16 September 1958 in Berlin) was a German actress. Selected filmography * ''Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''Hypnosis'' (1920) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) * ''The Island of Tears'' (1923) * ''Pra ...

and

Evelyn Holt Evelyn Holt (born Edith Toni Elsbeth Wenckens; 3 October 1908 – 22 February 2001) was a German actress. Biography The daughter of a journalist, she began her film career at UFA. She quickly advanced to starring roles alongside Gustav Fröhlich ...

. It was shot at the

Johannisthal Studios The Johannisthal Studios were film studios located in the Berlin area of Johannisthal. Founded in 1920 on the site of a former airfield, they were a centre of production during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Nearly four hundred films were made at Joha ...

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. The film's art direction was by Artur Gunther and August Rinaldi.

Cast

In alphabetical order * Valerie Boothby *

Robert Leffler Robert Leffler (9 January 1866 – 15 March 1940) was a German actor, film director and opera singer (bass). Selected filmography * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1921) * '' The Fear of Women'' (1921) * '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922) * ''A ...

* Fritz Odemar *

Livio Pavanelli Livio Cesare Pavanelli (7 September 1881 – 29 April 1958) was an Italian film actor. Pavanelli was born in Copparo, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and died in Rome in 1958 at age 76. Selected filmography * '' Mariute'' (1918) *'' Fabiola'' ( ...

Ernő Verebes Ernő Verebes (born Ernst Weiss, December 6, 1902 – June 13, 1971) was a Hungarian-American actor who began his career in Hungarian silent films in 1915. During his film career he worked and lived in Hungary, Germany and in the United States. ...

* Wolfgang Zilzer

References

Bibliography

*Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1929 drama films German silent feature films German drama films Films directed by Jacob Fleck Films directed by Luise Fleck German black-and-white films Silent drama films 1920s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub