''Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (German: ''Die Intrigen der Madame de La Pommeraye'') is a 1922
German
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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
Fritz Wendhausen
Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen – 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he emigrated to Britain from Nazi ...
and starring
Olga Gsowskaja,
Margarete Schlegel
Margarethe Sylva Elisabeth Wisniewski (né Schlegel, 31 December 1899 – 15 July 1987), known professionally as Margarete Schlegel, was a German theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer.
Early life
The sixth of seven children and the ...
and
Grete Berger
Grete Berger (born Margarethe Berg; 11 February 1883 – 23 May 1944) was an Austrian-German stage and film actress whose career came to an end following the rise of the Nazi Party in 1933. Berger was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp in ...
. The film was produced by Russo Film, a short-lived company backed by
Decla-Bioscop which aimed to adapt literary works for the screen. The film was released shortly after Decla-Bioscop had been absorbed into the larger
UFA
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group. It was based on a story by
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a promine ...
. It premiered at the
Tauentzienpalast on 20 January 1922.
[Hardt p.226]
Cast
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Olga Gzovskaya
Olga Gzovskaya (Russian: О́льга Влади́мировна Гзо́вская; 10 October 1883 – 2 July 1962) was a Russian Empire and Soviet theater and film actress.
Life
Gzovskaya was born to a family of a Moscow customs official ...
as Madame Pommeraye
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Margarete Schlegel
Margarethe Sylva Elisabeth Wisniewski (né Schlegel, 31 December 1899 – 15 July 1987), known professionally as Margarete Schlegel, was a German theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer.
Early life
The sixth of seven children and the ...
as Jeanette d'Aisnon
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Grete Berger
Grete Berger (born Margarethe Berg; 11 February 1883 – 23 May 1944) was an Austrian-German stage and film actress whose career came to an end following the rise of the Nazi Party in 1933. Berger was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp in ...
as Madame d'Aisnon - Her Mother
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Alfred Abel
Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...
*
Paul Hartmann
References
Bibliography
* Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.
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1922 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen
Films based on French novels
Films produced by Erich Pommer
Films with screenplays by Fritz Wendhausen
German black-and-white films
UFA GmbH films
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