''The Daughter of Mehemed'' (German: ''Die Tochter des Mehemed'') was a 1919 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

Alfred Halm Alfred Halm (born Alfred Hahn; 9 December 1861 – 5 February 1951) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He was the father of the actor Harry Halm, who being a Jew after the Nazis seized power in 1933, could not take part in further fil ...

and starring Ellen Richter,

Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz; 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring in '' ...

and

Harry Liedtke Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia as the seventh out of 12 children of a merchant. After his father's death in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage and ...

.Grange p.42 The film's

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was by

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master (IM) and chess writer. Chess career In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tied fo ...

Cast

* Ellen Richter as Leila, Mehemeds Tochter *

as Vaco Juan Riberda, Fabrikbesitzer *

as Dr. Jan van Zuylen, Geologe *

Fred Immler Ferdinand "Fred" Immler (10 December 1880 –20 February 1965) was a German stage and film actor. Life Born in Coburg, as a young adult he worked from 1900 to 1902 at Deutsche Bank in Berlin and from 1902 to 1904 at Dresdner Bank. 1905 he ret ...

as Alinzo Diaz, Bankdirektor *

Max Kronert Max Kronert (born Max Josef Florian Trübsand; c. 1873 – 22 July 1925) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919) * '' The Toy of the Tsarina'' (1919) * ''The Oyster P ...

as Mehemed, alter Schuhmacher *

Lotte Davis Lotte may refer to: Businesses * Lotte Corporation, a South Korean industrial conglomerate ** Lotte Capital, a South Korean financial company ** Lotte Card, a South Korean credit card provider ** Lotte Chilsung, a South Korean manufacturer of foo ...

as Frau Diaz * Emilie Kurz as Biskra, sein Weib *

Albert Patry Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s * Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street mar ...

as Minister

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1919 films UFA GmbH films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Alfred Halm German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub