''Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' (German: ''Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand'') is a 1925 German
silent historical
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adventure film
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directed by
Hubert Moest and starring
Eugen Klöpfer
Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer (10 March 1886 in Talheim, Heilbronn – 3 March 1950 in Wiesbaden) was a German actor.
Early life
Born to Karl Klöpfer and his wife Karoline, née Hörsch, Eugen attended the Realschule ("secondary school") in Heilbro ...
,
Friedrich Kühne
Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* ''The Iron Cross'' (1914)
* ''Detektiv Br ...
and
Paul Hartmann. It is an adaptation of the 1773 play ''
Götz von Berlichingen
Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (''Reichsritter''), mercenary, and poet. He was born around 1480 into the noble family of Berliching ...
'' by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...
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[Goble p.481]
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 ...
Gustav A. Knauer
Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career.
Selected filmography
* '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919)
* '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922)
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Cast
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Eugen Klöpfer
Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer (10 March 1886 in Talheim, Heilbronn – 3 March 1950 in Wiesbaden) was a German actor.
Early life
Born to Karl Klöpfer and his wife Karoline, née Hörsch, Eugen attended the Realschule ("secondary school") in Heilbro ...
as Götz von Berlichingen
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Friedrich Kühne
Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* ''The Iron Cross'' (1914)
* ''Detektiv Br ...
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Paul Hartmann
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Theodor Loos
Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 – 27 June 1954) was a German actor.
The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in L ...
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Gertrude Welcker
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Erna Morena
Erna Morena (born Ernestine Maria Fuchs, 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962) was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951.
Biography
Ernestine Maria Fuchs was born in ...
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Lucie Höflich
Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin.
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Grete Reinwald
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Leopold von Ledebur
Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Carmen'' (1918)
* ''The Serenyi'' (1918)
* ''Midnight'' (1918)
* ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919)
* ''The Golden Lie'' (1919)
* '' Th ...
*
Olaf Fjord
Olaf Fjord (born Ämilian Maximilian Pouch; 3 August 1897 – 19 April 1945) was an Austrian actor, film director and film producer.
Selected filmography
* '' Der Herzog von Reichstadt'' (1920)
* ''Monna Vanna'' (1922)
* '' The Ragpicker of Pari ...
*
Lothar Müthel
Lothar Müthel (né Lothar Max Lütcke; 18 February 1896 – 4 September 1964) was a German stage and film actor and director.
Career
Müthel was born in Berlin, where he attended the acting school of Max Reinhardt, ''Schauspielschule, Berl ...
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Fritz Kampers
Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950.
Early life
Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...
*
Maria Forescu
Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitl ...
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Albert Steinrück
Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...
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Fritz Rasp
Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891 – 30 November 1976) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1916 and 1976. His obituary in '' Der Spiegel'' described Rasp as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." ...
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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 ...
*
Eduard von Winterstein
Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...
*
Fritz Greiner
Fritz Greiner (1879–1933) was an Austrian film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Der Einäugige'' (1916)
* ''Der Klub der Einäugigen'' (1917) - Nick Carter
* ''Der schwarze Jack'' (1918) - Cowboy Schwarzer Jack
* '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1918 ...
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Kurt Wolowsky
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Richard Ludwig
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*
Karl Victor Plagge
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Robert Leffler
Robert Leffler (9 January 1866 – 15 March 1940) was a German actor, film director and opera singer (bass).
Selected filmography
* '' The Haunted Castle'' (1921)
* ''The Fear of Women'' (1921)
* '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922)
* ''A D ...
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1925 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Hubert Moest
German silent feature films
1920s historical adventure films
German historical adventure films
German films based on plays
Films based on works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Films set in 16th-century Holy Roman Empire
Silent historical adventure films
1920s German films
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