''The Weapons of Youth'' (German: ''Die Waffen der Jugend'') is a 1913

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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 Friedrich Müller and starring Gertrud Gräbner, Curt Maler and

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. The

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was written by the

Robert Wiene Robert Wiene (; 27 April 1873 – 17 July 1938) was a film director of the silent era of German cinema. He is particularly known for directing the German silent film ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' and a succession of other German Expressionism, ...

his first known involvement with films. Wiene later went on to become a leading film director. Some reports suggest that Wiene may have served as a co-director on the film.Jung & Schatzberg p.9-10 The film is now a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

, and virtually nothing is known of its plot or genre.

Cast

* Gertrud Gräbner * Curt Maler *

Conrad Wiene Conrad Wiene (3 February 1878 – after May 1934) was an actor, screenwriter, film producer and director of Austrian and German silent films. He was the younger brother of German film director Robert Wiene. Biography Conrad Wiene was born ...

References

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

* 1913 films Films of the German Empire German silent short films Lost German films German black-and-white films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub