''Morass'' (German:''Morast'') is a 1922 German

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by

Wolfgang Neff Wolfgang Neff (8 September 1875 – disappeared 1945) was an Austrian film director. He directed 50 films between 1920 and 1930. He was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic). Selected filmography * ''Nat Pinkerton ...

and starring

Maria Zelenka Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was an Austrian film actress.Grange p.148 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lola Montez'' (1919) * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920) * '' The Blood of the Ancestors'' (1920) * '' Alfred von Ingelheim's Dra ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Mathieu Oostermann.

Cast

as Lissy *

Henri Peters-Arnolds Henri is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include: People French nobles * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * H ...

Karl Elzer Karl Conrad Elzer (2 August 1881 – 30 August 1938) was a German film actor. Elzer was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and died in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany at age 57. Selected filmography * '' The Robber Bride'' (1916) * '' ...

* Bella Polini as Frau Tertiol *

Colette Corder Colette Corder (February 28, 1894 – December 10, 1982) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Rogowski p.325 Selected filmography * ''The Black Guest'' (1920) * ''Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * ''The Asian Sun'' (1921) * ''The Couri ...

as Meta *

Willy Kaiser-Heyl Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1919 and 1952. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * ...

* Julius Frucht as Dr. Herrmann

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* 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Wolfgang Neff German silent feature films German black-and-white films {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub