''Der Herr der Liebe'' (''The Master of Love'') is a 1919 romantic

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed in

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Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (), was an Austrian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety Obituari ...

. It was his second film.

Carl de Vogt Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...

and

Gilda Langer Gilda Langer (born Hermengild Langer; 16 May 1896 – 31 January 1920) was a German stage and film actress whose career began in the mid-1910s and lasted until her death in 1920. She appeared both on stage and in silent films; however, all films ...

starred, as they had in Lang's debut feature, ''

Halbblut ''Halbblut'' () was a 1919 German silent film directed by Fritz Lang: "A story of two men and one woman, in four acts." It is the first film Lang Film director, directed. It stars Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Gilda Langer, Carl Gebhard-Schröder, P ...

''. Lang himself is said to have acted in a supporting role. The film is now considered to be lost.

Plot

Residing in a castle in the

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, Hungarian nobleman Vasile Disecu becomes infatuated with Suzette, the daughter of his neighbor. He mistakes Stefana, a maid who is secretly in love with him, for Suzette and makes love to her. When Yvette, his wife or mistress,, in German finds out, she avenges herself with a liaison with Lazar, a Jewish peddler. Vasile imprisons Lazar. He kills Yvette and then himself.

Cast

as Vasile Disecu *

as Yvette * Erika Unruh as Stefana * Max Narlinski as Lazar * Sadjah Gezza as Suzette

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''Der Herr der Liebe'' at SilentEra
1919 films 1919 lost films 1919 romantic drama films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films 1910s thriller films Banned films in Nazi Germany Films directed by Fritz Lang Films of the Weimar Republic Films produced by Erich Pommer German black-and-white films German silent feature films German-language thriller films Lost German films Silent German thriller films {{romantic-drama-film-stub

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