''Den of Iniquity'' (German: ''Sündenbabel'') is a 1925 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 Constantin J. David and starring Reinhold Schünzel,

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 ...

and

Maly Delschaft Martha Amalia "Maly" Delschaft (4 December 1898 – 20 August 1995) was a German stage and film actress. After beginning in theatre, Delschaft switched to silent films. She appeared in mainly supporting roles during the Weimar and Nazi eras. After ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.229 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.

Cast

* Reinhold Schünzel as Emil Stiebel *

as Hellmuth Roeder *

as Loni, seine Frau *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

as Hans Lengefeld *

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 John Benningsen *

Barbara von Annenkoff Barbara von Annenkoff (13 February 1900 – 30 November 1979) was a Russian-born German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Op Hoop van Zegen'' (1924) * '' Wood Love'' (1925) * '' Den of Iniquity'' (1925) * '' One Minute to Twelve'' ...

as Madame Marion * Anna Müller-Lincke as Frau Tietze * Renate Brausewetter as Erna Tietze *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents were ac ...

as Gustav *

Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917) ...

as Reinemachefrau *

Eugen Rex Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...

* Gretl Schubert * Grete Kerstein

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Constantin J. David German silent feature films German black-and-white films Bavaria Film films {{Germany-silent-film-stub