''Nixchen'' is a 1926 German

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 Kurt Blachy and starring

Hans Albers Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Early life ...

Heinrich Peer Heinrich Peer (25 November 1867 – 13 May 1927) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Hardt p. 221 He appeared in around a hundred films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * ' ...

and

Olga Limburg Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...

.Parish p.4 It is based on a novel of the same title by Hans von Kahlenberg. The film's

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was by

Botho Hoefer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ' ...

and

August Rinaldi August Rinaldi (1883–1962) was a German art director. He worked on around fifty films during the silent era. Rinaldi was of Jewish descent.Prawer p.212 Selected filmography * ''Let There Be Light'' (1917) * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ...

Cast

as Lutz von Lonna - Lawyer *

as Baumeister Georg Wessel *

as Marion, seine Frau *

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 ...

as Lilly - deren Tochter, das Nixchen *

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 ...

as Esswein - Fabrikant *

Karl Falkenberg Karl Falkenberg (born Karl Franz Josef Falkenberg, 6 April 1887 – died after 1936) was a German-Jewish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Clown Charly'' (1918) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Blackmailed'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1 ...

as Birk - Herrenreiter *

Adele Sandrock Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Net ...

as Frau von Bremersdorf, Wessels Schwester *

Ernst Rückert Anton Ernst Rückert (20 December 1886 – 3 September 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an eng ...

as Achim von Bremersdorf - ihr Sohn *

Georg Burghardt Georg may refer to: * Georg (film), ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also

* George (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...

as Rockweiler - Prokurist bei Wessel *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...

as Müller - Kanzlist bei Wessel *

Karl Harbacher Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915) * ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920) * '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ...

as Spitz - Schreiber bei Lonna

References

Bibliography

* Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Kurt Blachy German silent feature films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub