Rübezahl's Wedding (German: Rübezahls Hochzeit) is a 1916 German silent fantasy drama film directed by Rochus Gliese and Paul Wegener and starring Wegener, Lyda Salmonova, and Georg Jacoby.[1] It was the first in a trilogy of fairytale films made by Wegener also including Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty and The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
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| German | Rübezahls Hochzeit |
| Directed by | Paul Wegener Rochus Gliese |
| Written by | Paul Wegener Rochus Gliese |
| Produced by | Paul Davidson |
| Starring | Paul Wegener Lyda Salmonova Georg Jacoby |
| Cinematography | Mads Anton Madsen |
Production company | Wegener-Film |
| Distributed by | PAGU |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in a variety of settings, including mountain shots in the Riesengebirge and a farm near Dresden. The film's sets were designed by Gliese.
Cast
editIn alphabetical order
- Arthur Ehrens as Count
- Rochus Gliese as hairdresser
- Hedwig Gutzeit as Buschgrossmutter
- Georg Jacoby as inspector
- Emilie Kurz as Gouvernante
- Marianne Niemeyer as grandmother
- Lyda Salmonova as Elfe
- Ernst Waldow as tutor
- Paul Wegener as Rübezahl
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
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