''Anesthesia'' (german: Narkose) is a 1929 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

directed by

Alfred Abel Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...

and starring Renée Héribel and

Jack Trevor Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 1 The film's art direction was by Willy Brummer and

Julius von Borsody Julius von Borsody (8 April 1892 in Vienna – 18 January 1960, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods. His yo ...

Cast

* Renée Héribel as Angélique Laumain *

as René Vernon *

as Jean *

Fritz Alberti Fritz Alberti (born Friedrich Wilhelm Alberti; 22 October 1877 – 15 September 1954) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''People in Ecstasy'' (1921) * '' The Other Woman'' (1924) * ''The Blackguard'' (1925) * '' Ship in Distress'' (1925 ...

as Ein Herr *

Bobby Burns Robert Paul Burns (September 1, 1878 – January 16, 1966) was an American film actor and director. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1908 and 1952 as well as directing 13 films between 1915 and 1916. Burns was born in Philadelphi ...

as Kind *

Frigga Braut Frigga Braut (1889–1975) was a German stage and film actress.Rentschler p.277 Selected filmography * ''Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' Slums of Berlin'' (1925) * '' Malice'' (1926) * ''We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926) * '' Tea Time in th ...

as Mutter *

Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as ''The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p. 95 Selected ...

as Arzt * Gustav Rickelt *

Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931). Biography Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ...

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* 1929 films Films based on works by Stefan Zweig Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Alfred Abel German silent feature films German black-and-white films Bavaria Film films {{Germany-silent-film-stub