''Scandal in Baden-Baden'' (German: ''Skandal in Baden-Baden'') is a 1929 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

Erich Waschneck Erich John Waschneck (29 April 1887, in Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony – 22 September 1970, in Berlin) was a German cameraman, director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early life Erich was the son of Karl Hermann Waschneck, a blacksmith, and his ...

and starring

Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm (born Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm, 17 March 1908 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double named Futura, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film, ''Metropolis''. Early life Br ...

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (6 March 1886 – 13 May 1960) was a German film actor. Early life Stahl-Nachbaur was born in Munich, Germany and died at age 74 in West Berlin. Selected filmography * ''Das Geschlecht der Schelme. 1. Teil'' (1917) * '' ...

and Henry Stuart.Bock & Bergfelder p.33 It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...

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and on location in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director 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 supe ...

Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther ...

Cast

as Vera Kersten *

as John Leeds * Henry Stuart as Baron Egon von Halden * Lili Alexandra as Fernande Besson *

Leo Peukert Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...

as Edgar Merck *

Rudolf Biebrach Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...

as Juwelier Hess * Albert Karchow as Makler Urban * Walter von Allwoerden as Sekretär *

Anna von Palen Anna von Palen (26 May 1875 – 27 January 1939) was a German film actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 74 films between 1915 and 1938. She was born in Perleberg, German Empire, Germany and died in Berlin, Nazi Germany, Ge ...

as Wirtin * Adolf E. Licho as Agent * Otto Kronburger as Kommissar

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Erich Waschneck German silent feature films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1929 drama films German drama films Films scored by Artur Guttmann {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub