''Miss Julie'' (german: Fräulein Julie) is a 1922 German silent

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directed by

Felix Basch Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company UFA GmbH, U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of powe ...

and starring Asta Nielsen,

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily a ...

, and

Lina Lossen Lina Lossen (born Caroline Elisabeth Lossen; 7 October 1878 – 30 January 1959) was a German stage and film actress.Soister p.55 Selected filmography * '' Peer Gynt'' (1919) * '' The Forbidden Way'' (1920) * ''Miss Julie'' (1922) * '' Love's Fin ...

. It was based on

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...

's 1888 play ''

Miss Julie ''Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of ...

''.

Plot

Julie, a young noble woman is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read.

Cast

* Asta Nielsen as Julie *

as Jean, Waiter *

as The Countess *

Arnold Korff Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff (2 August 1870 – 2 June 1944) was an Austrian-born American Hollywood actor and director. He appeared in a number of German and Austrian films before moving to the United States and resuming his career in America. He m ...

as The Count *

Käthe Dorsch Katharina "Käthe" Dorsch (, 29 December 1890 – 25 December 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Katharina Dorsch was born on 29 December 1890 at 5:30 P.M. in the Bavarian town of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the daughter of Chri ...

as Christine, Kitchen Maid *

Olaf Storm Olaf Storm, pseudonym of Kurt Theodor von Kann (10 January 1894 – 11 or 12 March 1931) was a German film actor of the silent era. Storm was a star of early German cinema, playing the lead in films such as '' The Stranger from Alster Street'' ...

as The Bridegroom *

Georg H. Schnell Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in ''Nosferatu, Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens'' (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred fi ...

as The Friend *

Ernst Gronau Ernst Gronau (21 August 1887 – 10 August 1938) was a German stage, writer and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Prostitution'' (1919) * '' Genuine'' (1920) * '' Roswolsky's Mistress'' (1921) * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''Mi ...

Production and release

Miss Julie passed the film censorship on 24 November 1921 and premiered on 2 February 1922 at the

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. The five-act play was 1589 meters long. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Robert Herlth Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ...

and

Walter Röhrig Walter Röhrig (13 April 1897 – 1945) was a German art director.Stephens p.163 Selected filmography * '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920) * ''Masks'' (1920) * ''Parisian Women'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ''Miss Julie'' (192 ...

References

External links

* Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Felix Basch German silent feature films German films based on plays Films based on works by August Strindberg German black-and-white films German drama films 1922 drama films National Film films Works based on Miss Julie Silent drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub