''Because I Love You'' or ''The Dance Student'' (german: Der Tanzstudent) is a 1928 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized 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) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Johannes Guter
Johannes Guter (born Jānis Gūters; 25 April 1882 – 18 March 1962) was a Latvians, Latvian-born German filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer. Although most of his work is now lost, he is considered a pioneer of German silent cin ...
and starring
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 ...
,
Suzy Vernon
Suzy Vernon (1901–1997) was a French film actress.Powrie p.178 Vernon was born Amelie Paris in Perpignan in Southern France. She began her screen career in 1923 during the silent era and went on to appear in just under fifty films. She generally ...
, and
Valerie Boothby.
The film's
art direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
was by
Jacek Rotmil
Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follo ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1928 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Johannes Guter
German silent feature films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
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