''The Arsonists of Europe'' (German: ''Die Brandstifter Europas'') is a 1926 Austrian silent

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directed by

Max Neufeld Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film '' The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Sele ...

and starring

Charlotte Ander Charlotte Ander (born Charlotte Andersch, 14 August 1902 – 5 August 1969) was a German actress. She was born in Berlin, the daughter of German stage/film couple and . Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Ander was a star in the ...

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 a ...

and

Robert Valberg Robert Valberg (28 April 1884 – 15 October 1955) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Traitress'' (1911) * '' Ivan Koschula'' (1914) * '' The Silent Mill'' (1914) * '' Laugh Bajazzo'' (1915) * '' Money in the Stree ...

.Grange p.234 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by

Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger (german: Arthur Berger, russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер; 27 May 1892 – 11 January 1981) was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, durin ...

Cast

Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...

as Großfürst *

Oberst Redl ''Colonel Redl'' (german: Oberst Redl (original title); hu, Redl ezredes) is a 1985 biographical drama film by Hungarian director István Szabó. The plot, set in the period before World War I, follows the rise of Alfred Redl, an officer in the ...

Albert von Kersten Albert von Kersten (1889–1937) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Giesen p.191 Selected filmography * '' Serge Panine'' (1922) * '' Fatme's Rescue'' (1922) * '' Gypsy Love'' (1922) * '' William Ratcliff'' (1922) * '' The Hell of Barballo'' (1 ...

as Michael Korsakow *

Albert Heine Albert Heine (16 November 1867, in Braunschweig – 13 April 1949, in Westerland, Germany, Westerland) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2 ...

as Purischkjewitsch * Eugen Dumont as Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin *

Hans Marr Hans Marr (born Johann Julius Richter; 22 July 1878 – 21 March 1949) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Hand'' (1917) * ''The Wandering Image'' (1920) * ''The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen'' (1920) * '' Steuermann Holk'' ...

as Iwan Avadieff *

as Olga *

Victor Kutschera The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

as Chef des russischen Spionagedienstes *

Heinz Hanus Heinz Hanus (24 May 1882 – 16 March 1972) was an Austrian actor and film director. He directed 21 films between 1908 and 1929. His younger brother was actor and film director Emmerich Hanus. Selected filmography * ''Der Gevatter Tod'' (' ...

as Zar Nikolaus II * Hermann Benke as Oberst Wronsky * Renati Renee as Tänzerin Sonja Starewna *

Fritz Freisler Fritz Freisler (1881–1955) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director of the silent era.von Dassanowsky p.72 Selected filmography * '' The Other I'' (1918) * '' Love Story'' (1925) * '' Her Highness Dances the Waltz'' (1926) * '' The Ars ...

as Kriegsminister * Lorenz Corvinus as General Schamovsky * Viktor Braun as Oberst Graf Sumarokow * Wilhelm Schmidt as Major Gregoriew * K. Loibner as Zarewitsch * Herma Exdorf as Janischkaja * Ignaz Flemminger as Major Talam * Margarete Thumann

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1926 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Max Neufeld 1926 drama films Austrian drama films Austrian black-and-white films Silent drama films Films shot at Sievering Studios 1920s German-language films {{Austria-film-stub