''Hashish, the Paradise of Hell'' (German: ''Haschisch, das Paradies der Hölle'') is a 1921 German silent

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directed by

Reinhard Bruck Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian and Swedish surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name * Reinhard of Blankenburg (afte ...

and starring Tilla Durieux, Fritz Kortner and Paul Hartmann.Grange p.85 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Robert Neppach Robert Neppach (2 March 1890 – 18 August 1939) was an Austrian architect, film producer and art director. Neppach worked from 1919 in the German film industry. He oversaw the art direction of over 80 films during his career, including F.W. Mur ...

Cast

* Tilla Durieux as Sultanin * Fritz Kortner as Sultan * Paul Hartmann as Der Jüngling * Eva Seeberg as Die Braut * Fritz Beckmann * Paula Conrad as Addali - Assas Mutter *

Wilhelm Diegelmann Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor. Career Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, Wil ...

as Ober Enuch *

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 Braun ...

as Selim *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...

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) * '' T ...

as Hassan - Aminas Artz

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

Tilla Durieux at Filmportal.de
(in German) * 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Reinhard Bruck 1921 drama films German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub