''In the Ecstasy of Billions'' (german: Der Fluch der Menschheit, 2. Teil - Im Rausche der Milliarden) is a 1920 German film directed by
Richard Eichberg
Richard Eichberg (27 October 1888 – 8 May 1952) was a German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germ ...
and featuring
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic Dracula (1931 English-lan ...
and Violetta Napierska. It was a sequel to ''
The Curse of Man
''The Curse of Man'' (german: Der Fluch der Menschheit, 1. Teil - Die Tochter der Arbeit) is a 1920 German film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Béla Lugosi, Violetta Napierska, and Lee Parry.
Series
''The Curse of Man'' was the first ...
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Cast
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Lee Parry
Lee Parry (born Mathilde Charlotte Benz, 14 January 1901 – 24 January 1977) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1939.
Biography
Lee Parry was born Mathilde Charlotte Benz on 14 Jan ...
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Violetta Napierska
Violetta Napierska (sometimes ''Violette Napierska'') was a film actress. Most of her acting career she worked in German silent films, often with Béla Lugosi (with whom she had a romantic relationship for a time), Lee Parry and director Richard ...
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Felix Hecht
Felix may refer to:
* Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name
Places
* Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen
* Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...
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Robert Scholz
Robert Scholz (23 April 1886 – 10 October 1927) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1919 and 1928. He was born in Germany and died in Berlin.
Selected filmography
* ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) ...
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Willy Kaiser-Heyl
Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1919 and 1952. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Berlin.
Selected filmography
* ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920)
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Reinhold Pasch
Reinhold is a German male given name. This German name is originally from "Reinold", composed of two elements. The first is from ''ragin'', meaning "the (Germanic) Gods" and ''wald'' meaning "powerful".
This name was popularised by the ancient Ge ...
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Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic Dracula (1931 English-lan ...
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Paul Ludwig
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Dary Holm
Dary Holm (born Anna Maria Dorothea Meyer; 16 April 1897 – 29 August 1960) was a German actress. She married film star Harry Piel in 1927. Holm starred alongside Piel in several films, such as ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932).Grange p.389
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See also
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Béla Lugosi filmography
Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), best known for the original screen portrayal of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, Dracula in 1931, was in many movies during the course of his 39-year film career. He appeared in films made in his native Hungary, Germany and N ...
References
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1920 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German black-and-white films
German silent feature films
Films directed by Richard Eichberg
German sequel films
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