''Manolescu'' (German: ''Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler'') is a 1929 German
silent film directed by
Viktor Tourjansky and starring
Ivan Mozzhukhin,
Brigitte Helm and
Heinrich George.
[Goble p.451] It was shot at the
Babelsberg Studios in
Berlin
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and
on location in
St. Moritz and
Monte Carlo
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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s
Robert Herlth and
Walter Röhrig.
Cast
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Ivan Mozzhukhin as Manolescu
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Brigitte Helm as Cleo
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Heinrich George as Jack
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Dita Parlo as Jeanette
*
Harry Hardt
*
Max Wogritsch
*
Valy Arnheim
*
Elsa Wagner
*
Fritz Alberti
Fritz Alberti (born Friedrich Wilhelm Alberti; 22 October 1877 – 15 September 1954) was a German actor.
Selected filmography
* ''People in Ecstasy'' (1921)
* ''The Other Woman (1924 film), The Other Woman'' (1924)
* ''The Blackguard'' (1925)
* ...
*
Boris de Fast
*
Lya Christy
*
Fred Goebel
*
Franz Verdier
*
Michael von Newlinsky
See also
* ''
Manolescu's Memoirs'' (1920)
* ''
Manolescu, Prince of Thieves'' (1933)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1929 films
1920s biographical films
1920s crime comedy films
1920s heist films
German biographical films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Victor Tourjansky
German silent feature films
German crime comedy films
German heist films
Films about con artists
Biographical films about criminals
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
1929 comedy films
Silent crime comedy films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
German-language biographical films
German-language crime comedy films
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