''Let There Be Light'' (german: Es werde Licht!) is a 1917 German silent

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directed by Richard Oswald and starring

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and Nelly Lagarst. It was followed by three sequels. The film was a protest against Germany's anti-abortion law, and also touched on the dangers of syphilis. It is a lost film. The film's sets were designed by the art director August Rinaldi.

Manfred Noa Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film '' Helena'' has been called his "masterpiece" although it was so exp ...

was employed as an artistic consultant.

Cast

as Georg Mauthner, Arzt *

as Paul Maunther, Maler, Georgs Bruder * Nelly Lagarst as Assistentin * Ernst Ludwig as Stadtrat Kaufherr *Leontine Kühnberg as Else, dessen Tochter * Lupu Pick as Dr. Franzius, annoncierender Arzt *

Max Gülstorff Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908. ...

as Patient *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents were ac ...

as Gerd * Kathe Oswald as Ingeborg *

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and '' The Man Who Laug ...

as Herr Kramer

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* 1917 films Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Richard Oswald German drama films 1917 drama films Films about syphilis German black-and-white films Silent drama films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub