''Love'' (German: ''Liebe'') is a 1919 German

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directed by

Manfred Noa Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film ''Helena (1924 film), Helena'' has been called his "masterpiece" alt ...

and starring

Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despit ...

and Tzwetta Tzatschewa.Bock & Bergfelder p.433 The film's sets were designed by the

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Karl Machus Karl Machus (1884–1944) was a German art director. Along with Erich Zander he designed the sets for most of the films made by director Veit Harlan during the Nazi era.Noack p.145 Selected filmography * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' Blonde Poiso ...

Plot

Cast

as Herbert Warfield * Tzwetta Tzatschewa as Dorothy Hall * Jeanette Bethge as Garderobiere * Bruno Harprecht as James Illing *

Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer of the Silent film, silent era and later the sound era and known for ''Girl in the Moon (film), Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and ''M (1931 film), M'' (1931). Biogr ...

as Erster Sekretär bei Illing *

Fritz Richard Fritz Richard (born Josef Richard Löwit; 17 November 1869 – 9 February 1933) was an Austrian actor and theatre director. Fritz Richard was born as Josef Richard Löwit in Chotěboř, Austria-Hungary into a Jewish family. Richard trained as a ...

as Flüchtling Alvadres * Heinz Sarnow as Robert

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Manfred Noa German black-and-white films 1910s German films Films shot at Terra Studios {{1910s-Germany-film-stub