''Off the Rails'' (german: Entgleist) is a 1921 German silent

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directed by William Karfiol and starring

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Ernst Hofmann Ernst Karl Heinrich Hofmann (7 December 1880 – 27 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses'' (1916) * '' Dr. Hart's Diary'' (1917) * '' Countess Kitchenmaid'' (1918) * '' Ikarus, the Flying Man ...

and

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.Krautz p. 107 The film's sets were designed by the

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Eduard Nickler. It premiered at the

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Cast

as Wachtmeister a.d. Heilberg *

as Hans Heilberg *

as Else Heilberg * Martha Angerstein-Licho * Charly Berger as Steuermann * Tessi Nurnberg as Elses Freundin *

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Colette Corder Colette Corder (1894–1982) was a German stage and film actress.Rogowski p.325 Selected filmography * ''The Black Guest'' (1920) * '' Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * '' The Asian Sun'' (1921) * ''The Courier from Lisbon'' (1921) * '' Hands Up'' ...

* Marie Louise Jürgens *

Adolf E. Licho Adolf Edgar Licho (born Adolf Edgar Lichowetzer; 13 September 1876 – 11 October 1944) was a Russian-German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was born of Jewish parentage in Kremenchug which was then part of the Russian Empire, but emig ...

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) * ' ...

References

Bibliography

* Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by William Karfiol German black-and-white films Films based on German novels 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub