''Milak, the Greenland Hunter'' (German: ''Milak, der Grönlandjäger'') is a 1928 German
silent adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Georg Asagaroff
Georg Asagaroff (1892–1957) was a Russian-born actor and film director.Bock & Bergfelder p. 211 He left Russia following the 1917 Revolution and settled in Germany where he directed several films.
Selected filmography
* ''After Death'' (1915) ...
and and starring
Ruth Weyher
Ruth Weyher (28 May 1901 – 27 January 1983) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 60 films between 1920 and 1930. She starred in the 1926 film ''Secrets of a Soul'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
Selected f ...
, Nils Focksen and
Lotte Lorring
Lotte Lorring (born Erna Else Charlotte Budzinski; 6 December 1893 – 20 March 1939) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress and operetta singer.Chandler p.272
Death
Lorring died on 20 March 1939, aged 45, in Berlin, Germany.
Filmograp ...
.
[Thomas p.144]
Made by
UFA
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, it was
shot on location
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The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for exam ...
in
Greenland
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.
Cast
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Ruth Weyher
Ruth Weyher (28 May 1901 – 27 January 1983) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 60 films between 1920 and 1930. She starred in the 1926 film ''Secrets of a Soul'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
Selected f ...
as Movie part
* Nils Focksen as Movie part
*
Lotte Lorring
Lotte Lorring (born Erna Else Charlotte Budzinski; 6 December 1893 – 20 March 1939) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress and operetta singer.Chandler p.272
Death
Lorring died on 20 March 1939, aged 45, in Berlin, Germany.
Filmograp ...
as Movie part
*
Iris Arlan
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*Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
*Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
* ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants
*Iris (color), an ambiguous color term
Iris or IRIS may also refer to:
Arts and media
Fictional enti ...
as Movie part
*
Helmer Hannsen as Movie part
* Robby Robert as Movie part
*
Sepp Allgeier
Josef “Sepp” Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg. In ...
as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself
*
Richard Angst
Richard Angst (23 July 1905 – 24 July 1984) was a Swiss cinematographer who worked on more than ninety films during his career, most of them in Germany. Angst emerged as a leading photographer of mountain films during the silent era. He often wo ...
as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself
* Harry Bellinghausen as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself
*
Albert Benitz as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself
* Waldemar Coste as Expeditionsteilnehmer - Himself
* as Expeditionsleiter - Himself
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Thomas, Douglas B. ''The early history of German motion pictures, 1895-1935''. Thomas International, 1999.
External links
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1928 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Georg Asagaroff
Films set in Greenland
Films shot in Greenland
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
1928 adventure films
German adventure films
Silent adventure films
1920s German films
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