''Letters Which Never Reached Him'' (German: ''Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten'') is a 1925 German

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directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Albert Bassermann, Marcella Albani and Mia Pankau. The film's sets were designed by the

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s André Andrejew and Gustav A. Knauer.

Cast

* Albert Bassermann as Consul Werner Gerling * Marcella Albani as Elena * Mia Pankau as Bessie, her friend * Oreste Bilancia as William Charles O'Doyle, her husband * Nils Asther as Georg von Arnim * Bernhard Goetzke as Chü-Hi-Yin * Tzwetta Tzatschewa as Tsu-Hsi, his daughter * Alf Blütecher as Sir Anstrutter *Mira Brandt as Vivian * Wilhelm Diegelmann as Lord Dayton *Edith Sklarz as his daughter *Nien Soen Ling as Ta-Kwan-Li, a Kuli

References

External links

* Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Frederic Zelnik German silent feature films Films based on German novels Films set in 1900 Films set in China Films set in the Qing dynasty Boxer Rebellion {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub