''Lebenswogen'' is a 1917 Austro-Hungarian

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by

Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck (8 November 1881 in Vienna as Jacob Julius Fleck – 19 September 1953, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman. He is noted for his long-standing professional partnership with his wife ...

and

Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée (1 August 1873–15 March 1950), was an Austrian film director, and has been considered the second ever female feature film director in the world, after A ...

and starring Wilhelm Klitsch,

Liane Haid Juliane "Liane" Haid (16 August 1895 – 28 November 2000) was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Biography Juliane Haid was born in Vienna on 16 August 1895, the first child to Georg ...

and

Hermann Benke Hermann Benke (1866–1937) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Grange p.234 He made a number of appearances in silent films, co-starring with the rising actress Liane Haid in productions by Wiener Kunstfilm. Selected filmography * ''With Heart ...

. The term "lebenswogen" translates to "life waves".

Cast

* Wilhelm Klitsch as Dr. Erwin Lenk *

as Bergers Tochter *

as Kommerzialrat Berger * Moritz Millmann as Prof. Dr. Wanderberg * Friedrich Feher * Else Kündinger * Eduard Sekler

Production

''Lebenswogen'' was filmed in

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in 1916, and was subsequently banned for youth in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. The movie premiered in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

on January 5, 1917.

References

Bibliography

* Parish, Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

* Austro-Hungarian films 1917 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Jacob Fleck Films directed by Luise Fleck Austrian black-and-white films {{Austria-film-stub