''Count Woronzeff'' (german: Fürst Woronzeff) is a 1934 German film directed by
Arthur Robison
Arthur Robison (June 25, 1883 – October 20, 1935) was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.
Selected filmography
* ''A Night of Horror'' (1916)
* ''What Belongs to Darkness' ...
and starring
Albrecht Schoenhals
Albrecht Moritz James Karl Schoenhals (7 March 1888 – 4 December 1978) was a German film actor.
Life
Born Moritz James Karl, Albrecht Schoenhals was the son of the German General upper physician Gustav Schoenhals (1855-1930) and an English ...
,
Hansi Knoteck
Johanna Knoteck, known as Hansi Knoteck (2 March 1914 – 23 February 2014), was an Austrian film actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Count Woronzeff'' (1934)
* '' Hubertus Castle'' (1934)
* '' The Gypsy Baron'' (1935)
* ''The Saint and Her F ...
and
Willy Birgel
Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a German theatre and film actor.
Career
Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies rath ...
.
[Hake p. 225] A separate French version ''
The Secret of Woronzeff
''The Secret of Woronzeff'' (French: ''Le secret des Woronzeff'') is a 1935 drama film directed by André Beucler and Arthur Robison and starring Jean Murat, Brigitte Helm and Madeleine Ozeray.Bock & Bergfelder p.398
It was made by the German stu ...
'' was also released. It was shot at
UFA
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...
's
Babelsberg
Babelsberg () is the largest quarter (''Stadtteil'') of Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg. The affluent neighbourhood named after a small hill on the Havel river is famous for Babelsberg Palace and Park, part of the Palac ...
and
Templehof Studios in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Erich Kettelhut
Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, Art director#In film, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cin ...
and
Max Mellin
Max Mellin (1904–1977) was a German art director.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275
Selected filmography
* ''Happy Days in Aranjuez'' (1933)
* ''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' (1934)
* '' Playing with Fire'' (1934)
* '' Marriage Strike'' (1935)
* ''Fresh ...
.
Location filming
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took place in
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...
on the
French Riviera
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.
Cast
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Albrecht Schoenhals
Albrecht Moritz James Karl Schoenhals (7 March 1888 – 4 December 1978) was a German film actor.
Life
Born Moritz James Karl, Albrecht Schoenhals was the son of the German General upper physician Gustav Schoenhals (1855-1930) and an English ...
as Fürst Woronzeff & Baron Franz von Naydek
*
Hansi Knoteck
Johanna Knoteck, known as Hansi Knoteck (2 March 1914 – 23 February 2014), was an Austrian film actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Count Woronzeff'' (1934)
* '' Hubertus Castle'' (1934)
* '' The Gypsy Baron'' (1935)
* ''The Saint and Her F ...
as Woronzeffs Tochter Nadja
*
Willy Birgel
Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a German theatre and film actor.
Career
Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies rath ...
as Petroff, Woronzeffs Sekretär
*
Heinrich Berg as Otto von Naydek, Bruder Franz von Naydeks
*
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm (born Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm, 17 March 1906 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double named Futura, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film, '' Metropolis''.
Early life ...
as Diane Morell
*
Amanda Lindner
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as Tante Lydia
*
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (K ...
as Onkel Gregor
*
Günther Lüders
Günther Lüders (5 March 1905 – 1 March 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1934 and 1975. He lived in Urfeld am Walchensee from 1954 until 1975.
Selected filmography
* '' Count Woronzeff'' (1934), as Cousi ...
as Vetter Boris
*
Jakob Tiedtke
Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film), The Pied Piper of Hamel ...
as Onkel Iwan
*
Kurt Fuß
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In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...
as Léon, Agent
*
Edwin Jürgensen
Edwin Max Eduard Jürgensen (24 May 1898 – 1 April 1947) was a German actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1944.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1898 births
1947 deaths
German male film actors ...
as Der Untersuchungsrichter
*
Vladimir Sokoloff
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в; December 26, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was a Russian-American character actor of stage and screen. After studying theatre in Moscow, ...
as Petroff
*
Walther Ludwig
Walther Ludwig (17 March 1902 – 15 May 1981) was a German operatic lyric tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and Schubert lieder.
Biography
He was born on 17 March 1902 in Bad Oeynhausen.
He first studied medicine in Freiburg befo ...
as Sänger: Duett aus 'Samson und Dalida'
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Ruth Berglund as Sängerin - Duett aus 'Samson und Dalila'
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Fred Goebel
Fred Goebel (3 April 1891 – 16 May 1964) was a German film actor. He was born as Walter Goebel and was sometimes credited as Fred Selva-Goebel.
Selected filmography
* '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919)
* '' The Dance of Death'' (1919)
* '' Bett ...
*
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Net ...
*
Elisabeth von Ruets
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People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1934 films
Films of Nazi Germany
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Arthur Robison
German multilingual films
German black-and-white films
UFA GmbH films
1934 multilingual films
1930s German films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
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