By a Silken Thread

By a Silken Thread
By a Silken Thread
Directed by	Robert A. Stemmle
Written by	Eberhard Frowein (novel); Robert A. Stemmle;
Produced by	Bruno Duday
Starring	Willy Fritsch; Carl Kuhlmann; Käthe von Nagy;
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	23 September 1938;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

By a Silken Thread (German: Am seidenen Faden) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Willy Fritsch, Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe von Nagy. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked Jewish capitalists"^[1] in line with Nazi racial policy of the era. The film's art direction was by Otto Hunte.

Cast[]

Willy Fritsch as Richard Hellwerth
Carl Kuhlmann as Wilhelm Eickhoff
Käthe von Nagy as Lissy Eickhoff
as Wirtschafterin Frida Mann
Bernhard Minetti as Dr. Heinrich Breuer
Erich Ponto as Theodor Kalbach
Willi Schur as Werkmeister Schwafels
Paul Bildt as Bankier Brögelmann
as Justizrat Bellert
as Dienstmädchen Anna
as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Ethel Reschke as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Rudolf Schündler as Von Tettenboom
Peter Elsholtz as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
Robert Forsch as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
Vera Hartegg as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
as Reisender im Zugabteil
as Reisende im Zugabteil
as Dienstmädchen bei Eickhoffs Fest
Adolf Fischer as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth
Wolfgang Staudte as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth
as Polizist, der Lizzy abführt
Clemens Hasse as Polizist bei der Razzia
as Polizist bei der Razzia
as Arbeiter bei der Firma Hellwerth
as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Werner Pledath as Polizeikommissar bei der Verhaftung
Georg H. Schnell as Dr. Klipper
Hermann Pfeiffer as Büring
Wilfried Seyferth as Verkäufer der Firma Hellwerth
as Herr Kundmann
Eduard Bornträger as Fabrikant
as Fabrikant
as Fabrikant
as Fabrikant
as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel
Erik von Loewis as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel
as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel
as Beschäftigte an den neuen Maschinen
as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen
as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen
as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth
as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth
as Diener Eickhoffs
as Vorsitzender des Arbeitsgerichts
as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung
F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung
as Young lawyer
Kurt Waitzmann as Young lawyer
as Frl. Fichtner

References[]

^ Kreimeier p. 286

Bibliography[]

Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links[]

By a Silken Thread at IMDb

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[1] Kreimeier p. 286

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