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directed by Hans Neumann and starring

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. It was an adaptation of

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's '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''.Kreimeier p.101 Ernö Metzner worked as the film's art director.

Cast

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as Puck *

as Waldschrat and in alphabetical order * Hans Albers as

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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 ...

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as Flaut *

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* Walter Brandt as Schnock *

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as Squenz * Armand Guerra as Wenzel * Paul Günther as Egeus * Martin Jacob as Schlucker * Adolf Klein * Lori Leux as Titania * André Mattoni as

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as Schnauz * Rose Veldtkirch * Barbara von Annenkoff as Helena *

Ruth Weyher Ruth Weyher (28 May 1901 – 27 January 1983) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 60 films between 1920 and 1930. She starred in the 1926 film ''Secrets of a Soul'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. Selected ...

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as Milon

References

Bibliography

* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

* 1925 films 1926 comedy films 1926 films German comedy films German fantasy comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films based on A Midsummer Night's Dream 1920s fantasy comedy films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1925 comedy films Silent comedy films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub