The Motorist Bride (German: Die Motorbraut) is a 1925 German silent romance film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Mierendorff, Lee Parry and Ernst Hofmann. The film is notable for the use of Lilian Harvey as a stunt double for Parry during the mountaineering scenes shot in Switzerland.[1] Harvey quickly graduated to become the top star of Richard Eichberg's production company.
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Directed by | Richard Eichberg |
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Produced by | Richard Eichberg |
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Distributed by | Süd-Film |
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Country | Germany |
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It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin on 22 January 1925.[2] The film's art direction is by Jacek Rotmil.
Cast
edit- Hans Mierendorff as Johann Amberg
- Lee Parry as Eva, seine Tochter
- Ernst Hofmann as Hans von Corell
- Angelo Ferrari as Frank Bruhn
- Sinaida Korolenko as Lili
- Max Grünberg as Heinz Ellhof
- Erwin van Roy as Gottlieb Daffke
- Hans Stürm as Gustav Briese
- Margarete Kupfer as Marta
- Gerhard Ritterband as Max
- Lilian Harvey as Eva (Stunt Double)
References
editBibliography
edit- Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-843-2.
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
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