''Flight Around the World'' (german: Der Flug um den Erdball) is a 1925 German
silent adventure film directed by
Willi Wolff
Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist
* Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violin ...
and starring
Ellen Richter
Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to creat ...
,
Reinhold Schünzel, and
Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...
.
[Grange p. 193] It was released in two parts. It was shot at the
Halensee Studios in
Berlin
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Otto Erdmann and
Hans Sohnle
Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs.
Selected filmography
* '' The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919)
* ''The Woman in Doctor's Garb ...
Cast
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1925 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Willi Wolff
German silent feature films
1925 adventure films
German adventure films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
Silent adventure films
1920s German films
Films shot at Halensee Studios
1920s German-language films
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