''Helmsman Holk'' (German:''Steuermann Holk'') is a 1920 German
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Rochus Gliese
Rochus Gliese (6 January 1891 — 22 December 1978) was a German actor, director, production designer, and Academy Award-nominated art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He was born in Berlin.
He is most remembered in the Uni ...
and
Ludwig Wolff
Ludwig Wolff (27 September 1857 – 24 February 1919), born in Neustadt in Palatinate (region), Palatinate, was a German chemist.
He studied chemistry at the University of Strasbourg, where he received his Ph.D. from Rudolph Fittig in 1882. ...
and starring
Asta Nielsen
The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at universities in most German states. It is therefore consid ...
and
Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.
Acting career
At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and conce ...
.
[Kapczynski & Richardson p.88]
Cast
In alphabetical order
*
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 ...
as Jacon Siebensee
*
Hans Marr
Hans Marr (born Johann Julius Richter; 22 July 1878 – 21 March 1949) was a German actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Black Hand'' (1917)
* ''The Wandering Image'' (1920)
* ''The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen'' (1920)
* '' Steuermann Holk'' ...
as Steuermann Timm
*
Asta Nielsen
The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at universities in most German states. It is therefore consid ...
as Lulu
*
Lyda Salmonova
Lyda Salmonova (born Ludmila Vilemina Anna Salmonova; 14 July 1889 – 18 November 1968) was a Czech stage and film actress who appeared primarily in German films. She was married to the actor Paul Wegener and appeared alongside him in a number o ...
*
Charlotte Schultz as Doris, Holms Braut
*
Rosa Valetti
Rosa Valetti (25 January 1876, Berlin, Germany – 10 December 1937, Vienna, Austria), born Rosa Alice Vallentin, was a German actress, cabaret performer, and singer.
Biography
Rosa Valetti was born in Berlin, the daughter of industrialist Fel ...
as Greta Grien
*
Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.
Acting career
At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and conce ...
as Steuermann Holk
References
Bibliography
* Jennifer M. Kapczynski & Michael D. Richardson. ''A New History of German Cinema''.
External links
*
1920 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Rochus Gliese
Films directed by Ludwig Wolff
German silent feature films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
1920 drama films
German drama films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
{{Germany-silent-film-stub