''Inge Larsen'' is a 1923 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
Hans Steinhoff
Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era.
Life and career
Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stag ...
and starring
Henny Porten,
Paul Otto
Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in ...
and
Ressel Orla
Ressel Orla (born Theres Anna Ochs; 18 May 1889 – 23 July 1931) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in some of Fritz Lang's earliest films.
Selected filmography
* '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1914)
* '' The Queen's Secretary'' ...
.
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It was shot
on location in
Copenhagen
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. The film's sets were designed by
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Alfred Junge
Alfred Junge (29 January 1886, Görlitz, Silesia (now Saxony), Germany – 16 July 1964, London) was a German-born production designer who spent a large part of his career working in the British film industry.
Junge had wanted to be an artis ...
,
Ludwig Kainer
Ludwig Kainer (28 June 1885 – 25 April 1967) was a German graphic artist, draftsman, painter, illustrator, film architect and costume designer.
Early life
Kainer was born in Munich. He studied medicine before turning to art. During a sta ...
and
Fritz Lück
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.
Cast
*
Henny Porten as Inge Larsen
*
Paul Otto
Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in ...
as Baron Kerr
*
Ressel Orla
Ressel Orla (born Theres Anna Ochs; 18 May 1889 – 23 July 1931) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in some of Fritz Lang's earliest films.
Selected filmography
* '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1914)
* '' The Queen's Secretary'' ...
as Evelyne
*
Vasilij Vronski as Kerrs Diener
*
Paul Hansen as Jan Olsen
*
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.
Early life
...
as gelangweilter Attaché
*
Ludwig Rex
Ludwig Rex (1 January 1888 – 29 September 1979) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 55 films between 1918 and 1927. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in London.
Selected filmography
* ''Totenkopfreiter'' (1917 ...
*
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 ...
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1923 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German drama films
German silent feature films
Films directed by Hans Steinhoff
1923 drama films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
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