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Gotthardt Wolf
Gotthardt Wolf (1887–1947) was a German cinematographer who worked on nearly fifty films, mostly during the silent era. He worked on a number of films with Harry Piel the star of comedy-thrillers such as ''His Greatest Bluff'' (1927).Bach p.495 Selected filmography * ''Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * ''The Lord of the Beasts'' (1920) * ''The House on the Moon'' (1921) * ''The Flight into Death'' (1921) * '' City in View'' (1923) * '' Dangerous Clues'' (1924) * ''The Man Without Nerves'' (1924) * '' A Dangerous Game'' (1924) * ''The Fake Emir'' (1924) * ''Adventure on the Night Express'' (1925) * ''Zigano'' (1925) * ''Swifter Than Death'' (1925) * ''Eyes Open, Harry!'' (1926) *''The Black Pierrot'' (1926) * '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) * ''His Greatest Bluff'' (1927) * ''His Strongest Weapon'' (1928) * '' Man Against Man'' (1928) * ''Panic'' (1928) * ''Men Without Work'' (1929) * ''The Hero of Every Girl's Dream'' (1929) * ''The Merry Widower'' (1929) * ' ...
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Eppendorf, Saxony
Eppendorf () is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Geography The municipality of Eppendorf lies in the lower Ore Mountains, about 20 kilometres east of the city of Chemnitz and 15 kilometres southwest of Freiberg. Eppendorf runs along the river of the Große Lößnitz, a tributary of the Flöha. The neighbouring, formerly independent villages of Kleinhartmannsdorf and Großwaltersdorf were integrated in 1995 and 1998, respectively. History Eppendorf was founded in the 13th century as a new settlement in the form of a Waldhufendorf The ''Waldhufendorf'' ("forest village"; plural: -''dörfer'') is a form of rural settlement established in areas of forest clearing with the farms arranged in a series along a road or stream, like beads on a chain.Dickinson, Robert E (1964). '' .... The first official mention occurred in 1336. For most of its early history, it was a farming village and later also the location of a hunting lodge of Electo ...
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The Fake Emir
''The Fake Emir'' (german: Der falsche Emir) is a 1924 German silent adventure film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It also features Hermann Leffler and Claire Rommer.Grange p. 163 It was followed by '' A Dangerous Game''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter. Cast In alphabetical order * Friedrich Berger * Ruth Beyer as Nelly * Maria Forescu * Fred Immler as Hakim * Hermann Leffler * Paul Meffert * Harry Piel as Actor / Emir * Claire Rommer as Princess Pasantasena * Ruth Weyher Ruth Weyher (28 May 1901 – 27 January 1983) was a German film actress of the silent film, 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 ... References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Harry Piel German sile ...
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His Best Friend (1929 Film)
''His Best Friend'' (German: ''Sein bester Freund'') is a 1929 German silent action film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Dary Holm and Grit Haid.Bleckman p.460 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Neppach. Cast In alphabetical order * Ernst Behmer as Hochzeitsgast * Charly Berger as Nachtwächter * Maria Forescu as Hochzeitsgast * Grit Haid as Nora Sanden * Dary Holm as Else Kruse * Philipp Manning as Meyer * Harry Piel as Harry Peters * Alexander Sascha as Graf Soderstrom * Vera Schmiterlöw as Helga Schott * Grit Sloma as Emil Grigoleit * Otto Wallburg * Aruth Wartan Aruth Wartan (or ''Haruth Vartan'', hy, Հարութ Վարդան, 23 June 1880 – 14 April 1945) was a German film actor of Armenian origin who appeared in around ninety films during his career, generally in supporting roles. Life and career ... as Boris Radowski References Bibliograp ...
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The Merry Widower
''The Merry Widower'' (german: Der lustige Witwer) is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, La Jana, Alice Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p. 392 The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach. It is not to be confused with the 1908 show at the Pekin Theatre in Chicago starring Lottie Grady and Jerry Mills. Cast * Harry Liedtke as George Dulac * La Jana as Lucile Daumier * Alice Roberts as Alice Dulac * Marcel Vibert as William Garrick - ein Witwer * Anton Pointner as Ein Paradegast * Otto Wallburg as Ein Paradegast * John Mylong John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the United States. Selected filmography * ''Der heilige Hass, 1. Teil'' (1921) - Rabo ... as Ein Paradegast * Károly Huszár as Der Hoteldirektor * Hanna Waag as Die Hotelsekretärin References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim ...
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The Hero Of Every Girl's Dream
''The Hero of Every Girl's Dream'' (German: ''Der Held aller Mädchenträume'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, Betty Bird and Hermine Sterler.Rogowski p.120 The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach. Cast * Harry Liedtke as Vicomte de Lormand * Betty Bird as Marianne Turbon * Hermine Sterler as Madame Turbon * Jeanne Helbling as Lolotte * Gertrud Arnold * Oreste Bilancia * Karl Elzer * Charles Puffy * Max Maximilian * Karl Platen * Anton Pointner * Rosa Valetti Rosa Valetti (25 January 1876, Berlin, Germany – 10 December 1937, Vienna, Austria), born Rosa Alice Vallentin, was a German actress, cabaret performer, and singer. Biography Rosa Valetti was born in Berlin, the daughter of industrialist Fel ... * Marcel Vibert as Marquis de Corbé References Bibliography * Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005. * Rag ...
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Men Without Work
''Men Without Work'' (german: Männer ohne Beruf) is a 1929 German silent action film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and on location in Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Robert Neppach. It premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Harry Piel German silent feature films German black-and-white films Films shot at Staaken Studios Films shot in Marseille 1920s action films German action films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ...
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Panic (1928 Film)
''Panic'' (German: ''Panik'') is a 1928 German silent crime film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Dary Holm and Eugen Burg. It was shot at the Weissensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo on 23 February 1928.Grange p.278 Cast * Harry Piel as Mister X/Rajah von Lahore/Harry Peel * Dary Holm as Anita * Eugen Burg * Erich Kaiser-Titz * Ernst Behmer * Henry Bender * Kurt Brenkendorf * Jaro Fürth * Georg John * Philipp Manning * Gloria Maro * Albert Paulig * Josef Peterhans * Walter Steinbeck * Toni Tetzlaff * Leopold von Ledebur * Bruno Ziener * Max Zilzer Max Zilzer (23 November 1868, in Budapest – 1943, in Berlin) was a Hungarian-born German stage and film actor. Zilzer was Jewish and died under interrogation by the Gestapo during World War II. He was the father of actor Wolfgang Zilzer ... References Bibliog ...
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Man Against Man (1928 Film)
''Man Against Man'' (German:''Mann gegen Mann'') is a 1928 German silent thriller filmKreimeier p.167 directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Dary Holm and Fritz Beckmann. Cast * Harry Piel as Harry Paulsen * Dary Holm as Miß Gladys Norton * Fritz Beckmann as Bartholomeo, Wirt der Schmugglerschenke * Hertha von Walther as Emita * Philipp Manning as Fuessli * Eugen Burg as Berner * Georg John Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor. Early life Georg Jacobsohn was born into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany. Career John began his ... as Zamok * Charly Berger as Porter * Charles Francois as Kanzow References Bibliography * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999. External links * 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German thriller ...
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His Strongest Weapon
''His Strongest Weapon'' (german: Seine stärkste Waffe) is a 1928 German silent film, silent thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Vera Schmiterlöw and Philipp Manning. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. Cast References Bibliography * External links

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Night Of Mystery (1927 Film)
''Night of Mystery'' (German: ''Rätsel einer Nacht'') is a 1927 German silent thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Harry Piel, Dary Holm, and Josef Peterhans.Bock & Bergfelder p.363 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. Cast * Harry Piel as Herry Debus, ein Sportsmann * Dary Holm as Komtesse Elga Almen * Josef Peterhans as Graf Egar von Almen * Walter Steinbeck as Prof. Bieler, Leiter einer Nervenanstalt * Julius Falkenstein as Bodo Donnersheim * Charly Berger as Der Schatten * Hugo Fischer-Köppe * Alfred Loretto * Ilse Herzberg * Hans Heinrich von Twardowski * Hugo Döblin * Lotte Fritsch * Friedrich Berger * Marianne Stanior Marianne Stanior (1910–1967) was a German stage and film actress.Giesen p.188 Selected filmography * '' Night of Mystery'' (1927) * '' The Cabinet of Doctor Larifari'' (1930) * ''The White Horse Inn'' (1935) * ''The Irresistible Man'' (1937) * ...
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The Black Pierrot
''The Black Pierrot'' (german: Der schwarze Pierrot) is a 1926 German silent film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Bleckman p. 414 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Kurt Richter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Harry Piel German silent feature films German black-and-white films Phoebus Film films {{Germany-silent-film-stub ...
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Eyes Open, Harry!
''Eyes Open, Harry!'' (German: ''Achtung Harry! Augen auf!'') is a 1926 German silent thriller film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Grange p.234 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann. Cast * Eugen Burg as Graham Horst * Colette Corder as Rote Gräfin * Karl Falkenberg as Prinz Achmed * Jaro Fürth as Chefredakteur * Georg John as Nathan Miller * Denise Legeay as Ethel Horst * Harry Piel Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such ... as Harry References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Harry Piel 1920s thriller films German thr ...
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