''Marie's Soldier'' (german: Der Soldat der Marie, link=no) is a 1927 German silent
drama film
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directed by
Erich Schönfelder
Erich Schönfelder (1885–1933) was a German screenwriter, actor, and film director of the silent film, silent and early sound film, sound eras. Early in his career he worked frequently with Ernst Lubitsch.
Selected filmography
Writer
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and starring
Xenia Desni
Xenia Desni (Ukrainian: Ксенія Десні; 19 January 1894 – 27 May 1962) was a Ukrainian silent screen era actress who predominantly appeared in German films.
Early life
Densi was born Ksenia Desnytska in Kyiv, Ukraine. She and her fami ...
,
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 ...
and
Grit Haid
Grit Haid (born Margarete Haid, 14 March 1900 – 13 August 1938) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Kapczynski & Richardson p.60 She was the younger sister of the actress Liane Haid. She died in a plane crash in 1938.
Selected filmography
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.
It was shot at the
Johannisthal Studios
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and the
backlot
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of the
Babelsberg Studios
Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...
in
Berlin
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. The film's
art direction
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was by
Kurt Richter
Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer.
Chess achievements
In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...
. The film is based on
Leo Ascher
Leo Ascher (17 August 1880 – 25 February 1942) was an Austrian composer of operettas, popular songs and film scores.
Biography
Ascher was born in Vienna. His father, Moritz Ascher, was a local umbrella manufacturer. Leo wrote his first com ...
's 1913
operetta
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of the same name.
Cast
References
External links
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''Der Soldat der Marie'' filmportal.de
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Films of the Weimar Republic
German drama films
German silent feature films
1927 drama films
Films directed by Erich Schönfelder
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
Films based on operettas
Silent drama films
1920s German films
Films shot at Johannisthal Studios
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
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