''The Runaway Girl'' (German: ''Die Durchgängerin'') is a 1928 German silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz (11 February 1888 – 27 October 1945) was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna on 11 February 1888. Biography He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. During the late silent a ...

and starring

Käthe von Nagy Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in German and French cinema. Early life and education Käthe von Nagy, the daughter of a wea ...

Vivian Gibson Vivian Gibson (14 May 1893 – 9 May 1981) was a British-born actress. Born Georgina Mabel Gibson she took the stage name Vivian Gibson. Her silent movie career was in Germany between the wars. She returned to the UK in 1932 after which she wor ...

and

Jean Dax Jean Dax (born Gontran-Théodore-Louis-Henri Willar; 17 September 1879 – 6 June 1962) was a French actor who appeared in more than 70 films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1928 film '' The Crew''Waldman, p. 142 Selected fi ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.336 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 Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 in Kassel - 15 April 1991 in Eutin) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olymp ...

Cast

as Ilsebill *

as Gina, ihre Mutter *

as Oberregierungsrat R. Thoms, ihr Vater *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film ''The Treasure (1923 film), The Treasu ...

as Hans Brausewetter *

Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman (Birth name, née Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son ...

as Vladimir Pekoff, ein Komponist *

Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer of the Silent film, silent era and later the sound era and known for ''Girl in the Moon (film), Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and ''M (1931 film), M'' (1931). Biogr ...

as Franz, Diener im Hause Thoms *

Adele Sandrock Adele Sandrock (; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German ...

as Leokadia Spannagel, Direktorin des Mädchenpensionats

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Hanns Schwarz German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1928 comedy films German comedy films 1920s German films Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub