The Guardsman (1925 film)

The Guardsman
The Guardsman
Directed by	Robert Wiene
Written by	Ferenc Molnár (play) ; Ludwig Nerz ; Robert Wiene
Starring	Alfred Abel ; María Corda ; Anton Edthofer
Cinematography	Hans Androschin
Production; company	Pan Film
Distributed by	Phoebus Film (Germany)
Release date	24 October 1925;
Country	Austria
Languages	Silent ; German intertitles

The Guardsman (German: Der Gardeoffizier) is a 1925 Austrian silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, María Corda and Anton Edthofer. An actor, jealous of his wife's suspected infidelity, disguises himself as an officer of the royal guard and begins courting her to try to catch her out.^[1] It was based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár and in 1931 remade as a movie by Sidney Franklin.

Cast[]

Alfred Abel - Schauspieler
María Corda - Schauspielerin
Anton Edthofer - Kritiker
Karl Forest - Garderobier
Alice Hetsey - Mama
Biela Friedell
Alma Hasta

References[]

^ Jung & Schatzberg p.120-121

Bibliography[]

Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links[]

The Guardsman at IMDb

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[1] Jung & Schatzberg p.120-121

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v t Films directed by Robert Wiene
1910s	He This Way, She That Way (1914) The Canned Bride (1915) Frau Eva (1916) The Queen's Love Letter (1916) The Queen's Secretary (1916) The Wandering Light (1916) The Robber Bride (1916) Lehmann's Honeymoon (1916) The Man in the Mirror (1917) Life Is a Dream (1917) Steadfast Benjamin (1917) Fear (1917)
1920s	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) The Three Dances of Mary Wilford (1920) Genuine (1920) The Night of Queen Isabeau (1920) Panic in the House of Ardon (1920) A Woman's Revenge (1921) Playing with Fire (1921) The Infernal Power (1922) Raskolnikow (1923) The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923) I.N.R.I. (1923) The Hands of Orlac (1924) Boarding House Groonen (1925) The Guardsman (1925) Der Rosenkavalier (1926) The Queen of Moulin Rouge (1926) The Mistress (1927) The Famous Woman (1927) The Woman on the Rack (1928) Leontine's Husbands (1928) The Great Adventuress (1928) Folly of Love (1928)
1930s	The Other (1930) The Prosecutor Hallers (1930) The Love Express (1931) Venetian Nights (1931) Panic in Chicago (1931) Typhoon (1933) A Night in Venice (1934) Ultimatum (1938)