''The Vice of Gambling'' () is a 1923 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

Dimitri Buchowetzki Dimitri Buchowetzki (1885–1932), born Dmitry Savelyevych Bukhovecky, was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor in Germany, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, and France. Life and career Initially Buchowetzki studied law. Later h ...

and starring Alfred Abel,

Willy Kaiser-Heyl Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1919 and 1952. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * ...

, and

Theodor Loos Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 – 27 June 1954) was a German actor. The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipz ...

. 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 ...

Hans Dreier Hans Dreier (August 21, 1885 – October 24, 1966) was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950, when he was succeeded by Hal Pereira. Hans Dreier was born ...

Cast

* Alfred Abel *

Sybill Morel Sybill Morel (February 16, 1899 – ?) was a German stage and film actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' The Geisha and the Samurai'' (1919) * ''Opium'' (1919) * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * '' Three Nights'' (1920) * ''Th ...

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* 1923 films 1920s German films Films of the Weimar Republic German black-and-white films German silent feature films German films about gambling Films directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub