All for Money (German: Alles für Geld) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Emil Jannings, Hermann Thimig, and Dagny Servaes.[1] In 1928, a sound version was prepared for American audiences by Gotham Productions. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
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Directed by | Reinhold Schünzel |
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Produced by | Emil Jannings |
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Production company | Emil Jannings-Film |
Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Germany |
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.
Cast
edit- Emil Jannings as S. I. Rupp
- Hermann Thimig as Fred Rupp
- Dagny Servaes as Asta
- Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein as Frau von Laar
- Walter Rilla as Henry von Lauffen
- Curt Goetz as Graf Ehrhardt
- Maria Kamradek as Sissy
- Paul Biensfeldt as Kammerdiener Pitt
- Ferry Sikla as Juwelier
- Ulrich Bettac as Fred Rupp
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Direktor der Goliath-Werke
- Heinrich Schroth as Direktor der Phönix-Werke
- Reinhold Schünzel as Schieber
- Max Kronert as Nachtwächter
- Ursula Nest as Egede
Music
editThe sound version featured a song entitled “Fortune’s Fool” by Frank Padwa and Irving Mills.
References
edit- ^ Grange p. 156
Bibliography
edit- Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
External links
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