''The Frankish Song'' (German:''Das fränkische Lied'') is a 1923 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no 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, when ...

directed by

Hubert Moest Hubert Moest (December 3, 1877 to December 5, 1953) was a German film director, writer, producer, and actor. Early life and career Moest was the son of the sculptor Richard Moest. He attended high school in Cologne, an art school and worked as a ...

and Friedrich Weissenberg and starring

Heinrich George Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Career Weimar Republic George is noted for having spooked the young Bertolt Brecht in his first ...

.Hermanni p.71 The film's

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was by

Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) * '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) ...

Cast

In alphabetical order *

Gerda Frey Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: A *Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator * Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist * Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedis ...

as Freundin *

Josef Reithofer Josef Reithofer (1883–1950) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' In the Line of Duty'' (1917) * ''Without Witnesses'' (1919) * '' The Dancer from Tanagra'' (1920) * ''The Princess of the Nile'' (1920) * ''Fanny Elssl ...

Artur Retzbach Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning "bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). Ot ...

as Narr * Felix Stegemann *

Hedda Vernon Hedda Vernon (born Hedwig Klara Kemp; 27 October 1888 – 1925) was a German actress, screenwriter, and film producer. She was a prominent star of the early Weimar Republic, and had her own film production company. Early life Hedwig Klara Kemp wa ...

as Burgherrin *

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Hertha von Walther Hertha von Walther (born Hertha Stern und Walter von Monbary, 12 June 1903 – 12 April 1987) was a German film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1921 and 1983. Biography Hertha von Walther was born Hertha Stern und Walther von Monb ...

Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...

as Verräterische Freund

References

Bibliography

* Horst O. Hermanni. ''Von Jean Gabin bis Walter Huston, Volume 3''.

External links

* 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Hubert Moest German silent feature films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub