''Roses from the South'' (German: ''Rosen aus dem Süden'') is a 1926 German silent

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directed by

Carl Froelich Carl August Hugo Froelich (5 September 1875 – 12 February 1953) was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin. Biography Apparatus builder and cameraman From 1903 Froelich was a colleague of Oskar Messter, one of ...

and starring

Henny Porten Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955. Biography Frieda Ulrick ...

Angelo Ferrari Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema. Selected filmography * ''The Nude Woman'' (1922) * ''The Green Manuela'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * ''Pr ...

and

Wilhelm Bendow Wilhelm Bendow (29 September 1884 – 29 May 1950) was a German film actor who appeared in many films during his career. Bendow made his debut in the 1913 film '' Aus eines Mannes Mädchenzeit''.Elsässer p.106 Selected filmography * '' Lust for ...

. Its title is a reference to the song ''

Rosen aus dem Süden Rosen aus dem Süden (''Roses From the South''), Op. 388, is a waltz medley composed by Johann Strauss II in 1880 with its themes drawn from the operetta '' Das Spitzentuch der Königin'' (''The Queen's Lace Handkerchief''). Strauss dedicated th ...

'' by

Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...

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was by

Franz Schroedter Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212 Selected filmography * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * ''The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Queen of Whitechapel ...

. The film premiered in Berlin on 11 March 1926.Grange p. 220

Cast

as Dr. Eva Maron *

as Dr. Hans Adam *

as Adolf Brinkmann * as Anna Kruse *

Robert Scholz Robert Scholz (23 April 1886 – 10 October 1927) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1919 and 1928. He was born in Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) ...

as Armand Laurence * as Die liebe Familie *

Sophie Pagay Sophie Berg Pagay (22 April 1860 – 23 January 1937) was an Austrian stage and film actress, born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. She began acting as a child, and went to Berlin to perform on stage in 1887. She married actor Hans Pagay. Selected f ...

as Die liebe Familie *

Georg Baselt Georg Baselt (23 August 1869 – 20 June 1928) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1915 to 1927. Selected filmography References External links * 1869 births 1928 deaths German male film ac ...

as Die liebe Familie *

Ernst Behmer Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kalin ...

as Die liebe Familie

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1926 films 1920s romance films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German romance films Films directed by Carl Froelich German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-romance-film-stub