''Lightning'' (German:''Wetterleuchten'') is a 1925 German silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and film producer, producer of the Silent era, silent and Sound film, early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I ...

.Grange p.195 The film's

art direction Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to super ...

was by

Botho Hoefer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ' ...

and

Bernhard Schwidewski Bernhard Schwidewski (1885–1966) was a German art director.Hardt p.234 Selected filmography * '' The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * '' The Dice Game of Life'' (1925) * ''Lightning'' (1925) * '' Gretchen Schube ...

Cast

In alphabetical order *

Victor Colani Victor Max Colani (30 October 1895 – 25 November 1957) was a German actor. He was born in Zittau and died in The Hague, Netherlands. Selected filmography * '' Der vergiftete Strom'' (1921) * '' Lightning Command'' (1921) * '' The Poisoned Strea ...

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily a ...

Lia Eibenschütz Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985) was a German actress. She was married to the actor Kurt Vespermann with whom she had a son Gerd Vespermann who also became an actor. Selected filmography * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) * '' The Legend of Holy ...

* Kara Guhl *

Oscar Marion Oscar Marion was an American militiaman during the American Revolutionary War enslaved by Francis Marion. In December 2006, Oscar Marion was recognized as an "African American Patriot" in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. A proclamation signed by ...

Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. She was a prolific actress in both the silent and sound eras. Selected filmography * ''The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Lov ...

Alphons Schünemann Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. I ...

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub