''Love on Skis'' (german: Amor auf Ski) is a 1928 German
silent comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Rolf Randolf
Rolf Randolf (born Rudolf Zanbauer; 15 January 1878 – 29 June 1941) was an Austrian actor, film producer and director.
Selected filmography
Director
* ''Das Geheimnis der Santa Margherita'' (1921)
* ''Wallenstein'' (1925)
* '' What the Stones ...
and starring
Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor.
Early life
Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...
,
Rita Roberts and
Georg Henrich
Georg Henrich (9 September 1878 – 30 March 1934) was a German stage and film actor.Grange p.202
Selected filmography
* '' The Fountain of Madness'' (1921)
* ''The Way to the Light'' (1923)
* ''Girls You Don't Marry'' (1924)
* '' The Shot in the ...
.
[Bono p. 299] It was shot at the
Bavaria Studios
Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film.
History
The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...
in
Munich
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and
on location in the
Alps
The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Ludwig Reiber
Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He worked ...
.
Cast
*
Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor.
Early life
Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...
as Erbprinz Heinrich von Altenberg-Gauda
*
Rita Roberts as Prinzessin Bettina
*
Georg Henrich
Georg Henrich (9 September 1878 – 30 March 1934) was a German stage and film actor.Grange p.202
Selected filmography
* '' The Fountain of Madness'' (1921)
* ''The Way to the Light'' (1923)
* ''Girls You Don't Marry'' (1924)
* '' The Shot in the ...
as Dr. Brinkamm
*
Christa Tordy as Elli, seine Tochter
*
Lydia Potechina
Lydia Potechina (5 September 1883 – 30 April 1934) was a Russian actress. She emigrated to Germany in 1918. She was married to the Russian-German film producer Max Pfeiffer.
Selected filmography
*''Destiny'' (1921)
* '' The Conspiracy in Genoa ...
as Rosalinde, seine Schwester
*
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one o ...
as Paul Grumbach, Ellis Vetter
*
Franz Loskarn
Franz Loskarn (3 May 1890 – 22 April 1978) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928)
* '' Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1928)
* '' Love on Skis'' (1928)
* ''Restless Hearts'' (1928)
* '' Tracks in the Sno ...
as Huber Sepp, Bergführer
*
Sylvester Bauriedl as Moritz Bolle, Molkereibesitzer
*
Elisabeth Pinajeff
Elisabeth Pinajeff (born Elizabeta Sergeyevna Pinayeva; russian: Елизавета Сергеевна Пинаева, 17 April 1900 – 31 December 1995) was a Russian-German actress.Prawer p.87
Selected filmography
* ''Count Cohn'' (1923)
* '' ...
as Ida, Ellis Freundin
*
Rio Nobile
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Rio or Río may also refer to:
Geography Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
as Graf von Golz
References
Bibliography
* Francesco Bono. ''Willi Forst: ein filmkritisches Porträt''. 2010.
External links
*
1928 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Rolf Randolf
Skiing films
German black-and-white films
1928 comedy films
Films set in the Alps
Phoebus Film films
Silent German comedy films
1920s German films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
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