''False Shame'' (German:''Falsche Scham'') is a 1926 German silent

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directed by

Rudolf Biebrach Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...

and starring Biebrach,

Olaf Storm Olaf Storm, pseudonym of Kurt Theodor von Kann (10 January 1894 – 11 or 12 March 1931) was a German film actor of the silent era. Storm was a star of early German cinema, playing the lead in films such as '' The Stranger from Alster Street'' a ...

and Eric Cordell. It premiered in

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on 15 March 1926.Grange p.221

Cast

as Sanitätsrat *

as Student * Eric Cordell as Vater * Niuta Helling as Mutter * Karin Soedenborg as Amme *

Richard Wirth Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

as Bauer *

Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917) ...

as Bäuerin * Erra Bognar as Deren Nichte *

Ulrich Bettac Ulrich Ewald Berthold Bettac (2 May 1897 – 20 April 1959), was an Austrian actor and theatre director. He was especially well known for his work as a character actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna; he also had a fairly extensive film career. S ...

as Stadtreisender *

Arthur Kronburger Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

as Der vortragende Arzt * Willy Kroschky as Gymnasiast * Werner Padlowsky as Gymnasiast

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Biebrach German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub