''The Golden Plague'' (German: ''Die goldene Pest'') is a 1921 German silent

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directed by Louis Ralph and

Richard Oswald Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early life and career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, ...

and starring Louis Ralph,

Anita Berber Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the time of the Weimar Republic. Early life Berber was born in Leipzig to the violinist Feli ...

and Paul Bildt. An

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attempts to use a formula for artificial gold as part of a plan to flood the world market, causing an international crisis.Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.98 The film's sets were designed by the

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Botho Hoefer and István Szirontai Lhotka.

Cast

* Louis Ralph as Jacques Delma *

as Natascha * Paul Bildt as John Marker (chemistry student) * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Dr. Jonas Fjeld * Emil Wittig as Brocke * Felix Norfolk as Bradley * Arthur Bergen as Bokine * Hans Wallner as Croft * Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Faber * Michael Rainer-Steiner as Lord Cavendish (president, Bank of England) * Karl Martell as Patrick Murphy (Cavendish's secretary) * Fred Berger as Det. James Clifford * Emil Stammer as Det. Hansen * Hermann Picha as Det. Ohlsen * Curt Cappi as Det. Binet

References

Bibliography

* Barbara Hales, Mihaela Petrescu and Valerie Weinstein. ''Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936''. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Richard Oswald Films directed by Louis Ralph German silent feature films 1920s thriller films Films based on Norwegian novels National Film films Silent German thriller films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{thriller-film-stub