Siegfried Philippi, born Siegfried Salomon Philipp (31 July 1871 – 29 February 1936) was a German

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and

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.Grange p.217

Selected filmography

* '' Mountain Air'' (1917) * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * ''

Dancer of Death ''Dancer of Death'' () is a 1920 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Reinhold Schünzel and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.Bock & Bergfelder p. 433 The film's sets were designed by the art director Edmund Heuberger. Cast * ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Black Spider ''The Black Spider'' is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divide ...

'' (1921) * ''

Sunken Worlds ''Sunken Worlds'' (German: ''Versunkene Welten'') is a 1922 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Victor Varconi, Ria Jende and Hans Albers.Bock & Bergfelder p.8 Cast * Victor Varconi * Ria Jende * Max Devrient * Hans ...

'' (1922) * ''

Playing with Destiny ''Playing with Destiny'' () is a 1924 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Alfred Abel, Sascha Gura and Claire Rommer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 2 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich. Cast ...

'' (1924) * '' The Creature'' (1924) * ''

Letters Which Never Reached Him ''Letters Which Never Reached Him'' (German: ''Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Albert Bassermann, Marcella Albani and Mia Pankau. The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Mill at Sanssouci ''The Mill at Sanssouci'' () is a 1926 German silent historical film directed by Siegfried Philippi and Frederic Zelnik and starring Otto Gebühr, Lissi Lind and Jakob Tiedtke. The film is part of the popular cycle of Prussian films. It pre ...

'' (1926) * ''

That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights ''That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights'' (German:''Das war in Heidelberg in blauer Sommernacht'') is a 1927 German romance film directed by Emmerich Hanus and starring Fritz Alberti, Charlotte Susa and Olga Engl.Grange p.250 The film was shot ...

'' (1927) * ''

Circle of Lovers ''Circle of Lovers'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Hans Mierendorff, Marcella Albani, and Charlotte Ander.Grange p.Grange p. 266 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in ...

'' (1927) * ''

On the Banks of the River Weser ''On the Banks of the River Weser'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Carl Auen, Olga Engl, and Camilla Spira. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was ...

'' (1927) * '' Autumn on the Rhine'' (1928) * '' Today I Was With Frieda'' (1928) * ''

The Lord of the Tax Office ''The Lord of the Tax Office'' (German: ''Der Herr vom Finanzamt'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Siegfried Philippi.Krautz p.123 The film's sets were designed by Gustav A. Knauer. Cast In alphabetical order * Corry Bell as ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Lady from Argentina ''The Lady from Argentina'' (German: ''Das Fräulein aus Argentinien'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Hans Albers.Parish p.4 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Willy ...

'' (1928) * ''

Beware of Loose Women ''Beware of Loose Women'' () is a 1929 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Rudolf Lettinger, André Mattoni, and Margarete Schön.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 9'' p. 748 The film's art direction wa ...

'' (1929)

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. * Weniger, Kay. ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films''. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf 2001.

External links

* 1871 births 1936 deaths Film people from Schleswig-Holstein People from Lübeck {{Germany-film-bio-stub