''Two Red Roses'' (german: Zwei rote Rosen) is a 1928 German
silent film
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directed by
Robert Land
Robert Land (1887–1940) was an Austrian-Jewish film director of Moravian descent.
Biography
Born as Robert Liebmann to a German-speaking Jewish Family in Kroměříž. Land moved to Vienna to study German literature and art history. He start ...
and starring
Liane Haid
Juliane "Liane" Haid (16 August 1895 – 28 November 2000) was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.
Biography
Juliane Haid was born in Vienna on 16 August 1895, the first child to Georg ...
,
Alexander Murski
Alexander Alexandrovich Murski (Russian: Александр Александрович Мурский) (1 November 1869 – April 1943) was a Saint Petersburg, Russian-born German actor. Murski died in 1943 in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, Fran ...
, and
Harry Halm
Harry Halm (born Harry Hermann Hahn; 17 January 1901 – 22 November 1980) was a German film actor.
He was the son of director Alfred Halm and took acting lessons with Eduard von Winterstein and Hermann Vallentin. He began his stage career in 1 ...
.
[Wlaschin p. 181] The film was released in England by First National Pathé.
The film's
art direction
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was by
Andrej Andrejew
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* Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
* ...
.
Cast
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Liane Haid
Juliane "Liane" Haid (16 August 1895 – 28 November 2000) was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.
Biography
Juliane Haid was born in Vienna on 16 August 1895, the first child to Georg ...
as Friedel Schulze
*
Alexander Murski
Alexander Alexandrovich Murski (Russian: Александр Александрович Мурский) (1 November 1869 – April 1943) was a Saint Petersburg, Russian-born German actor. Murski died in 1943 in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, Fran ...
as Direktor Eriksen
*
Harry Halm
Harry Halm (born Harry Hermann Hahn; 17 January 1901 – 22 November 1980) was a German film actor.
He was the son of director Alfred Halm and took acting lessons with Eduard von Winterstein and Hermann Vallentin. He began his stage career in 1 ...
as Hans, sein Sohn
*
Oskar Marion
Oskar Marion (2 April 1896 – March 1986) was an Austrian film actor.
Life
Born as Oskar Viktor Lepka in Brno on 2 April 1896. His parents were physician Antonín Lepka and Žofie Lepková (née Müller). Marion went to study medicine to Vie ...
as Ernst Ritter, Komponist
*
Oreste Bilancia
Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor.
Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film indus ...
as Generaldirektor Bergen
*
Trude Hesterberg
Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* ''The Rosentopf Case'' (1918)
* '' The Story of a Maid'' (1921)
* '' Fridericus Rex'' (1922) ...
as Eugenie, seine Frau
*
La Jana
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It is an agricultural town located west of the Muntanyes de Cervera surroun ...
as Lilli, seine Tochter
*
Gyula Szőreghy
Gyula Szőreghy (30 November 1887 – 22 December 1942) was a Hungarian film actor.
Szőreghy was born in Algyo, Austria-Hungary (now, Hungary) and died in 1942 in Budapest. He was also credited as Julius von Szöreghy.
Selected filmography
* ...
as Rothe
*
Teddy Bill
Teddy Bill (18 November 1900 – 11 February 1949) was an Austrian actor. Later in his career he was also credited as Teddy Kern.
Selected filmography
* '' Princess Trulala'' (1926) - Lackei
* '' Vienna - Berlin'' (1926) - Ein Heurigenfänger ...
as Georg
References
Bibliography
* Ken Wlaschin. ''The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896–1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings''. McFarland & Company, 2009.
External links
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1928 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Robert Land
German black-and-white films
1920s German films
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