''The Daughter of Mehemed'' (German: ''Die Tochter des Mehemed'') was a 1919 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...

directed by Alfred Halm and starring

Ellen Richter Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to creat ...

Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The La ...

and

Harry Liedtke Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...

.Grange p.42 The film's art direction was by

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. Chess achievements In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...

Cast

as Leila, Mehemeds Tochter *

as Vaco Juan Riberda, Fabrikbesitzer *

as Dr. Jan van Zuylen, Geologe *

Fred Immler Ferdinand "Fred" Immler (10 December 1880 –20 February 1965) was a German stage and film actor. Life Born in Coburg, as a young adult he worked from 1900 to 1902 at Deutsche Bank in Berlin and from 1902 to 1904 at Dresdner Bank. 1905 he returne ...

as Alinzo Diaz, Bankdirektor *

Max Kronert Max Kronert (born Max Josef Florian Trübsand; 1873 – 22 July 1925) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919) * '' The Toy of the Tsarina'' (1919) * ''The Oyster Pr ...

as Mehemed, alter Schuhmacher * Lotte Davis as Frau Diaz * Emilie Kurz as Biskra, sein Weib *

Albert Patry Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

as Minister

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1919 films UFA GmbH films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Alfred Halm German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub