''The Monte Cristo of Prague'' (German: ''Der Monte Christo von Prag'') is a 1929 Austrian-Czech

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directed by Hans Otto and starring

Albert Heine Albert Heine (16 November 1867, in Braunschweig – 13 April 1949, in Westerland) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 stage a ...

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Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He appea ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.397

Cast

as John Orel *

as Mary *

as Fred Born *

Jan W. Speerger Jan Wenceslaus Speerger (29 April 1896 – 25 June 1950) was a Czech film actor and film director. He appeared in many Czech movies in the first half of the 20th century. Life He started as a cinema projectionist and later worked as a technician ...

as Egon Bernhard *

Clementine Plessner Clementine Plessner (7 December 1855 – 27 February 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Plessner worked in the German film industry and appeared in over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. Plessner featured in Richard Oswald ...

as Fred's Mother *

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as Elly Hubert *

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as George Richell * Theodor Pistek as Prison Guard *

Hans Homma Hans Homma (1874–1943) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He also directed a number of silent films. Homma was known for his work at Vienna's Burgtheater.Shand p.222 Filmography Actor * '' Queen Draga'' (1920) - Dr. White * ''The Hands of ...

as Examining Judge * Hans Effenberger

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1929 films Films directed by Hans Otto Austrian silent feature films Czech silent films 1929 adventure films Czech adventure films Austrian adventure films Czech black-and-white films Austrian black-and-white films Czechoslovak adventure films Silent adventure films {{silent-adventure-film-stub