''Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (German: ''Dyckerpotts Erben'') is a 1928 German silent

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directed by

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.Bock & Bergfelder p.215 It was based on a 1917 Robert Grötzach-penned play by the same name. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in

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. The film's

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was by

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and

Oscar Friedrich Werndorff Oscar Friedrich Werndorff (1880–1938) was an Austrian art director. After leaving Germany in the early 1930s he moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry. He co-directed the 1931 film '' The Bells''.Bergfelder & Cargnel ...

. It was distributed by the German branch of

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Cast

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Georg Alexander Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era. Personal life He was married ...

Paul Biensfeldt Paul Biensfeldt (4 March 1869 – 2 April 1933) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 stage and film actor. Selected filmogra ...

Hanne Brinkmann Hanne Brinkmann (born Johanna Marie Luise Elisabeth Brinkmann; 22 September 1895 – 29 July 1984) was a German actress. She appeared in 24 films between 1915 and 1929. Selected filmography * ''Laugh Bajazzo'' (1915) * '' The Unmarried Woma ...

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* Pepi Glöckner-Kramer *

Ilka Grüning Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grunzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in Vienna in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, she was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to fle ...

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...

Lotte Lorring Lotte Lorring (born Erna Else Charlotte Budzinski; 6 December 1893 – 20 March 1939) was a German stage and film actress and operetta singer.Chandler p.272 Death Lorring died on 20 March 1939, aged 45, in Berlin, Germany. Filmography * '' Um ...

* Paul Morgan *

Fred Solm Fred Solm (22 January 1899 – 1982) was an Austrian actor, director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' U 9 Weddigen'' (1927) * '' Die Lindenwirtin am Rhein'' (1927) * ''The Champion of the World'' (1927) * ''The Famous Woman'' (1927) * ' ...

Paul Westermeier Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Actre ...

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Hans Behrendt 1928 comedy films German comedy films Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz German black-and-white films Silent comedy films Films shot at Staaken Studios 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub