''The Blonde Geisha'' (German: ''Die blonde Geisha'') is a 1923 Austrian

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 Ludwig Czerny and starring

Ferry Sikla Ferry Sikla (born Ferry Sykla; 11 March 1865 – 8 February 1932) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1914 to 1931. Selected filmography References External links * 1865 births 1932 deaths G ...

, Mizzi Schütz and Ada Svedin.Krautz p.266 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 ...

Robert Neppach Robert Neppach (2 March 1890 – 18 August 1939) was an Austrian architect, film producer and art director. Neppach worked from 1919 in the German film industry. He oversaw the art direction of over 80 films during his career, including F.W. Mur ...

Cast

as Tobias Snippendale, Großkaufmann * Mizzi Schütz as Virginy, seine Frau * Ada Svedin as Mary, deren Tochter *

Charles Willy Kayser Charles Willy Kayser (28 January 1881 – 10 July 1942) was a German film actor. He was born in Metz, Lorraine (region), Lorraine, Germany (now, Moselle (department), Moselle, France) and died at the age of 61 in 1942. Selected filmography * ' ...

as Percival Geshford, Dirigent Willy Kaiser * Friedrich Berger as Thomas Brown - Snippendales *

Karl Harbacher Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915) * '' Fanny Elssler'' (1920) * '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) ...

as Johnny - sein Sohn * Pawel Markow as Jamagata - ein japanischer Marquis * Friedel de Fries as Osukisan - seine Geisha

References

Bibliography

* Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984.

External links

* 1923 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Ludwig Czerny Austrian black-and-white films 1923 drama films Silent Austrian drama films 1920s German-language films German-language drama films {{1920s-Austria-film-stub