''Princess Woronzoff'' (German: ''Die Fürstin Woronzoff'') is a 1920 German silent

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directed by

Adolf Gärtner Adolf Gärtner (1879–1958) was a German film director of the silent era.Cresswell & Dixon p.174 Selected filmography * '' The Night Talk'' (1917) * '' Sadja'' (1918) * '' The Lady in the Car'' (1919) * '' Between Two Worlds'' (1919) * ''Napoleo ...

and starring

Ellen Richter Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to create ...

Hugo Flink Hugo Flink (16 August 1879 – 2 May 1947) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Flink was one of the earliest actors to play Sherlock Holmes on screen. Flink was born in Vienna and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * '' The Onyx Head'' (1 ...

and

Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster (30 October 1884 – 25 October 1968) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1914 and 1968. His autobiography ''Das Spiel, mein Leben'' was published by Propyläen Verlag in 1967. He was born in Gr� ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.130 The film's sets were designed by the

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Hans Dreier Hans Dreier (August 21, 1885 – October 24, 1966) was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950, when he was succeeded by Hal Pereira. Hans Dreier was born i ...

Cast

Artúr Somlay Artúr Somlay (28 February 1883, in Budapest – 10 November 1951, in Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Today and Tomorrow'' (1912) * ''Faun'' (1918) * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * '' The Clan'' (1920) * ...

Emil Rameau Emil Rameau (born Emil Pulvermacher; 13 August 1878 – 9 September 1957) was a German film and theatre actor, and for many years the deputy artistic director at the Schiller Theater. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1949. Lif ...

Toni Tetzlaff Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * '' Lilli'' (1919) * ''Lilli's Marriage'' (1919) * '' The W ...

* Lotte Davis *

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References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Adolf Gärtner German silent feature films UFA GmbH films 1920 adventure films German adventure films German black-and-white films Films set in Russia Silent adventure films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub