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silent

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directed by

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)

and starring Alberto Capozzi,

Victor Varconi Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi; March 31, 1891 – June 6, 1976) was a Hungarian actor who initially found success in his native country, as well as in Germany and Austria, in silent films, before relocating to the United States, where ...

, María Corda and Olga Lewinsky. It was based on the novel ''Serpoletto'' by

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. A

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enlists as an ordinary

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. The film won the gold medal for Best Dramatic Film at the

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International Cinema Concourse.Kulik p.341

Cast

* Alberto Capozzi - Herzog Peter *

- Matrose Vannoni * María Corda - Anny Lind (as Maria Palma) * Olga Lewinsky - Herzogin Mutter * Karl Baumgartner - Großherzog * Harry De Loon - Adjutant Ridarsky * Max Devrient - Kammerdiener Bartel *

Gyula Szőreghy Gyula Szőreghy (30 November 1887 – 22 December 1942) was a Hungarian film actor. Szőreghy was born in Algyo, Austria-Hungary (now, Hungary) and died in 1942 in Budapest. He was also credited as Julius von Szöreghy. Selected filmography * ...

* Paul Lukacs * Tibor Lubinszky * Ernst Arndt

References

Bibliography

* Kulik, Karol. ''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990.

External links

* 1922 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Alexander Korda Films based on Hungarian novels Austrian black-and-white films 1922 adventure films Silent Austrian adventure films National Jewish Book Award winners {{1920s-Austria-film-stub

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