''Countess Doddy'' (German: ''Komtesse Doddy'') is a 1919 German
silent
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comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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and starring
Pola Negri
Pola Negri (; born Apolonia Chalupec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and fem ...
,
Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor.
Early life
Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...
and
Victor Janson
Victor Arthur Eduard Janson ( lv, Viktors Artūrs Eduards Jansons; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity.
Selected filmography Actor
* '' Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916)
* '' Whe ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Kurt Richter
Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer.
Chess achievements
In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tied ...
.
Cast
In alphabetical order
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Georg Baselt
Georg Baselt (23 August 1869 – 20 June 1928) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1915 to 1927.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1869 births
1928 deaths
German male film ac ...
*Poldi Deutsch
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Victor Janson
Victor Arthur Eduard Janson ( lv, Viktors Artūrs Eduards Jansons; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity.
Selected filmography Actor
* '' Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916)
* '' Whe ...
*Heddy Jendry
*
Max Kronert
Max Kronert (born Max Josef Florian Trübsand; 1873 – 22 July 1925) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Carmen'' (1918)
* ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919)
* '' The Toy of the Tsarina'' (1919)
* ''The Oyster Pri ...
*
Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor.
Early life
Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...
*
Paul Morgan
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Pola Negri
Pola Negri (; born Apolonia Chalupec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and fem ...
*
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje' ...
*Lissy Schwarz
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Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.
Biography
Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and ...
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Emmy Wyda
Emmy Wyda (2 March 1876 – 22 January 1942) was a German actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1913 to 1941.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1876 births
1942 deaths
German film actresses
German si ...
References
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1919 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
German black-and-white films
UFA GmbH films
Silent comedy films
1910s German films
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