Christian Wahnschaffe
Christian Wahnschaffe | |
---|---|
Directed by | Urban Gad |
Written by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography |
|
Music by |
|
Production company | |
Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release dates |
|
Running time |
|
Country | Germany |
Languages |
|
Christian Wahnschaffe is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Urban Gad and starring Conrad Veidt, Lillebil Ibsen, and Fritz Kortner.[1] It was released in two parts World Ablaze (Weltbrand) in November 1920 and The Escape from the Golden Prison (Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker) in March 1921. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Jakob Wassermann. The film is extant, and was restored in 2018 by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.[2]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich.
Cast[]
Part 1: World Ablaze[]
- Conrad Veidt as Christian Wahnschaffe
- Lillebil Ibsen as Eva Sorel
- Hermann Vallentin as Cardillac
- Hugo Flink
- Fritz Kortner as Iwan Becker
- Theodor Loos as Amadeus Voß
- Helga Molander as Laetitia
- Leopold von Ledebur as Großfürst
- Frida Richard as Arbeiterfrau
- as Arbeiter Kroll
- Josef Peterhans as Geheimagent des Großfürsten
- Paula Barra
- Fritz Feld
- Paul Graetz
- Ilka Grüning
- Leopoldine Konstantin
- Maria Reisenhofer
- Margarete Schlegel
- Reinhold Schünzel
- Rosa Valetti
- Aruth Wartan
Part 2: The Escape from the Golden Prison[]
- Conrad Veidt as Christian Wahnschaffe
- as Wahnschaffes Geliebte
- Werner Krauss as Niels Heinrich
- Ernst Pröckl as Amadeus Voß
- as Dirne Karen Engelschall
- Margarete Kupfer as Mutter Engelschall
- as Ruth Hofmann
- Fritz Feld as Idiot
- Ernst Dernburg
- Ilka Grüning
- Lillebil Ibsen
- Hella Moja
- Reinhold Schünzel
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
- Soister, John T. (2002). Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1289-1.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1920 films
- 1921 films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films directed by Urban Gad
- German silent feature films
- 1920 drama films
- German drama films
- Terra Film films
- German black-and-white films
- 1921 drama films
- Silent German film stubs