''Adam and Eve'' (german: Adam und Eva) is a 1928 German silent

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directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Reinhold Schünzel,

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and Valerie Boothby. It was shot at the

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and on location in the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arthur Schwarz and

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Synopsis

Adam and his girlfriend Anna work as a

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and maid in a house and are devoted to each other. However the arrival of a new maid, the vampish Klara comes between them as she makes a strong play for Adam's affections.

Cast

* Reinhold Schünzel as Adam Grünau *

as Anna, das Hausmädchen * Valerie Boothby as Klara, die Zofe *

Hermine Sterler Minna Stern (20 March 1894 – 25 May 1982), known professionally as Hermine Sterler, was a German-American actress whose career spanned both the silent and the talkie film eras on two continents. Career Sterler, who appeared in several Hol ...

as Frau Konsul Jensen *

Trude Lehmann Trude Lehmann (1892–1987) was a German film actress.Grange p.307 Selected filmography * '' Children of No Importance'' (1926) * '' We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * '' Unmarried Daughters'' (1926) * '' Nanette Makes Everything'' (1926) ...

as Cook *

Hugo Werner-Kahle Hugo Werner-Kahle (5 August 1882 – 1 May 1961) was a German stage and film actor (and sporadically, a movie director). He appeared in around a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Bracelet'' (191 ...

as Diener *

Ernst Hofmann Ernst Karl Heinrich Hofmann (7 December 1880 – 27 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses'' (1916) * '' Dr. Hart's Diary'' (1917) * '' Countess Kitchenmaid'' (1918) * '' Ikarus, the Flying Man ...

as Sohn * John Loder *

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as Chauffeur *Meta Jäger as Adams Mutter *

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as Forester

References

External links

* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Biebrach UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films German comedy films Silent comedy films 1920s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub