''Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter'' (german: Maciste und die Tochter des Silberkönigs, it, Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento) is a 1922 German-Italian silent epic film directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and starring

Bartolomeo Pagano Bartolomeo Pagano (27 September 1878 – 24 June 1947) was an Italian motion picture actor. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a m ...

Helena Makowska Helena Makowska ('' née'' Woynowiczówna, 2 March 1893 – 22 August 1964) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1911 and 1958. Early life Helena Makowska was born Helena Woynowiczówna on 2 March 1893 to Ludwik ...

and

Ludwig Hartau Ludwig Hartau (19 February 1877 – 24 November 1922) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1915) * '' Hungernde Millionäre'' (1919) * ''Baccarat'' (1919) * '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * '' Anna Boleyn'' ( ...

. It was one of a series of films featuring the character of

Maciste Maciste () is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d'Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of Italy from the 1910s to the mid-1960s. He is usually depicted as a Herc ...

.Kinnard & Crnkovich p. 14

Cast

as Maciste *

* Hans Junkermann * Otto Treptow * Heinrich Peer *

Kurt Lilien Kurt Lilien (born Kurt Lilienthal; 6 August 1882 – 28 May 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a Jewish family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to Sobibor extermination camp by the ...

Gerhard Ritterband Gerhard Ritterband (1904–1959) was a German film actor.Hardt p.223 Selected filmography * '' The Doll'' (1919) * '' The Princess of the Nile'' (1920) * '' Va banque'' (1920) * '' A Day on Mars'' (1921) * '' Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * '' The ...

References

Bibliography

* Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990''. McFarland, 2017.

External links

* 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Italian silent films Films directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto German black-and-white films German epic films Italian epic films Maciste films Silent adventure films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub