''Alkohol'' ('Alcohol') is a 1919 German
silent drama film
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directed by
Ewald André Dupont and
Alfred Lind and starring
Wilhelm Diegelmann,
Ernst Rückert, and
Georg H. Schnell. The film was begun by Lind but finished by Dupont. It was his first major melodrama, and represented a breakthrough in his career. The film's theme and setting foreshadow much of his later work. It was one in a series of "Enlightenment films" examining social issues, which were produced around the time.
[Prawer p. 74] It premiered at the
Marmorhaus in
Berlin
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.
Synopsis
A
middle-class man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a
variety act where they sink into
alcoholism
Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems. Some definitions require evidence of dependence and withdrawal. Problematic use of alcohol has been mentioned in the earliest historical records. The World He ...
. He then kills another man who he mistakenly believes is a rival.
Cast
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Wilhelm Diegelmann
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Ernst Rückert
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Georg H. Schnell
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Emil Birron
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Jean Moreau
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Auguste Pünkösdy
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Ferry Sikla
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Toni Tetzlaff
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Hanni Weisse
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Maria Zelenka
References
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External links
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1919 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
1919 drama films
Films directed by E. A. Dupont
Films directed by Alfred Lind
Films about alcoholism
German black-and-white films
Silent German drama films
1910s German films
1910s German-language films
German-language drama films
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