''Maytime'' or ''As Once in May'' (German: ''Wie einst im Mai'') is a 1926 German silent

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directed by Willi Wolff and starring Adolf Klein, Ellen Richter, and Paul Heidemann.Krautz p.231 The film's sets were designed by the

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Paul Leni Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi, 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism (cinema), German Expressionism, making ''Hintertreppe'' (1921) and ''Waxworks (film), Waxworks'' (1924) in German ...

Plot

Cast

* Adolf Klein as Baron de la Roche * Ellen Richter as Eugenie de la Roche / Eugenie Schönlein, geb. de la Roche & Charlotte, ihre Enkelin / Mabel Ward * Paul Heidemann as Friedrich Wilhelm Kietz / Fritz, Freds Sohn * Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Gottlieb Krause / Gottlieb * Frida Richard as Auguste Krause, Ehefrau / Auguste * Philipp Manning as Kammergerichtsrat Schönlein * Karl Harbacher as Romeo * Trude Hesterberg as Julia * Walter Rilla as Fred W. Kietz * Gyula Szőreghy as Adolph Lemke * Alice Torning as Frau Lemke * Hermann Picha as Theophil * Camilla Spira as Minchen Lemke, die Tochter

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. * Krautz, Alfred. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Willi Wolff Films based on operettas Films set in the 19th century UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1920s historical romance films German historical romance films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films Silent historical romance films Films scored by Artur Guttmann Films scored by Werner R. Heymann German-language historical romance films {{historic-film-stub