The Golden Plague (German: Die goldene Pest) is a 1921 German silent thriller film directed by Louis Ralph and Richard Oswald and starring Louis Ralph, Anita Berber and Paul Bildt. An anarchist attempts to use a formula for artificial gold as part of a plan to flood the world market, causing an international crisis.[1]
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| Produced by | Richard Oswald |
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| Cinematography | Willy Goldberger |
Production company | Richard-Oswald-Produktion |
| Distributed by | National Film |
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| Country | Germany |
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Botho Hoefer and István Szirontai Lhotka.
Cast
edit- Louis Ralph as Jacques Delma
- Anita Berber as Natascha
- Paul Bildt as John Marker (chemistry student)
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Dr. Jonas Fjeld
- Emil Wittig as Brocke
- Felix Norfolk as Bradley
- Arthur Bergen as Bokine
- Hans Wallner as Croft
- Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Faber
- Michael Rainer-Steiner as Lord Cavendish (president, Bank of England)
- Karl Martell as Patrick Murphy (Cavendish's secretary)
- Fred Berger as Det. James Clifford
- Emil Stammer as Det. Hansen
- Hermann Picha as Det. Ohlsen
- Curt Cappi as Det. Binet
References
edit- ^ Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.98
Bibliography
edit- Barbara Hales, Mihaela Petrescu and Valerie Weinstein. Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
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