Hans Stürm (1874–1933) was a German

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. He worked with the director

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on a number of films either in acting of scripting roles.Paietta p. 64 His stage play ''The Unfaithful Eckehart'' was turned into films in

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Selected filmography

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'' (1918) * '' The Foreign Prince'' (1918) * '' The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) * '' Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * ''

Monna Vanna ''Monna Vanna'' () is an unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff after a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Rachmaninoff had completed Act I in short vocal score, with piano accompaniment, and then he went to ask for permission to set the text in a ful ...

'' (1922) * '' The Game with Women'' (1922) * '' The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen'' (1923) * ''

Living Buddhas ''Living Buddhas'' (German: ''Lebende Buddhas'') is a 1925 German silent film in five chapters, directed by Paul Wegener and starring Wegener, Asta Nielsen and Käthe Haack. It was co-written by Wegener and Hans Stürm (who also played Professor ...

'' (1925) * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

The Girl on the Road ''The Girl on the Road'' () is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey and Hans Brausewetter.Grange p. 211 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with location shooting in cities acr ...

'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Motorist Bride'' (1925) * '' Chaste Susanne'' (1926) * '' The Girl on a Swing'' (1926) * '' Princess Trulala'' (1926) * '' The Serfs'' (1928)

References

Bibliography

* Ann C. Paietta. ''Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895–2003''. McFarland, 2005.

External links

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