''Alpine Tragedy'' (german: Alpentragödie) is a 1927 German
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Robert Land and starring
Lucy Doraine
Lucy Doraine (born Ilona Kovács; 22 May 1898 – 14 October 1989) was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era. Born as Ilona Kovács in Budapest, she appeared in more than 20 films between 1918 and 1931. She was married to film director ...
,
Arnold Korff
Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff (2 August 1870 – 2 June 1944) was an Austrian-born American Hollywood actor and director. He appeared in a number of German and Austrian films before moving to the United States and resuming his career in America. He m ...
and
Vladimir Gajdarov
Vladimir Georgievich Gajdarov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Гайдаров; 25 July 1893 – 17 November 1978) was a Russian film actor and star of Russian and German silent cinema.
Filmography
*''Father Sergius'' (1917), as N ...
.
[Grange p. 265] The film was based on the 1909 novel of the same title by
Richard Voß. It was shot at the
Staaken Studios in
Berlin
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Andrej Andrejew and
Erich Zander. It was released by the German branch of the American company
First National Pictures.
Cast
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Lucy Doraine
Lucy Doraine (born Ilona Kovács; 22 May 1898 – 14 October 1989) was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era. Born as Ilona Kovács in Budapest, she appeared in more than 20 films between 1918 and 1931. She was married to film director ...
as Gräfin Josette da Rimini
*
Arnold Korff
Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff (2 August 1870 – 2 June 1944) was an Austrian-born American Hollywood actor and director. He appeared in a number of German and Austrian films before moving to the United States and resuming his career in America. He m ...
as Graf da Rimini
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Vladimir Gajdarov
Vladimir Georgievich Gajdarov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Гайдаров; 25 July 1893 – 17 November 1978) was a Russian film actor and star of Russian and German silent cinema.
Filmography
*''Father Sergius'' (1917), as N ...
as Maler Sivo Courtien
* Hanni Hoess as Maira
*
Fritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn; 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director.
Life and career
Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn into a Jewish family. He studied at the Vienna A ...
as Mairas Vater
*
Wolfgang Zilzer
Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor.
Biography
Zilzer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to German-Jewish emigrant Max Zilzer, who was employed at the ...
as Fredo, Lehrer
*
Eugen Neufeld
Eugen Neufeld (6 December 1882 in Göding – 18 October 1950 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Jewish film actor. He was the older brother of actor and director Max Neufeld. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German a ...
as Graf Pinedo
* Dene Morel as Prinz René
*
Louis Ralph
Louis Ralph (born Ludwig Josef Musik; 17 August 1878 – September 1952) was an Austrian film actor and director.
He was born Ludwig Musik in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Berlin at age 68.
Selected filmography
* ''D ...
as Vital, Bergführer
References
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1927 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German drama films
1927 drama films
1920s German-language films
Films directed by Robert Land
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
Films shot at Staaken Studios
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