''Za La Mort'' (, ) is a 1924 German-Italian silent

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directed by Emilio Ghione and starring Ghione,

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. It is part of a series of silent films featuring the

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Za La Mort.Burke p. 61

Cast

as Schauspielerin Perla Cristal / Prinzessin Perla * Emilio Ghione as Maler Prof. Antonio Butty / Zalamort *

as Bildhauer Prof. Rudens / König Jaromir der Finstere * Henry Sze as Geheimsekretär Hatsuma * Kally Sambucini as Maja / Zalavie *

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as Der verbannte Prinz * Robert Scholz

References

Bibliography

*Burke, Frank. ''A Companion to Italian Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

External links

* 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Italian silent feature films Films directed by Emilio Ghione German black-and-white films 1920s action films German action films Italian action films National Film films 1920s German films 1920s Italian films Silent action films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub