''The Beautiful Girl'' (german: Das schöne Mädel) is a 1923 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

Max Mack Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director during the silent era. He is particularly known for his 1913 film ''The Other''. He directed, and co-starred in, an early film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' in ...

and starring

Hella Moja Hella Moja (born Helene Gertrud Schwerdtfeger, 18 January 1896 – December 1951) was a German screenwriter, film producer and film actress. She was married to the director Heinz Paul. Biography Hella Moja was born Helene Gertrud Schwerdtfeger ...

Fritz Richard Fritz Richard (born Josef Richard Löwit; 17 November 1869 – 9 February 1933) was an Austrian actor and theatre director. Fritz Richard was born as Josef Richard Löwit in Chotěboř, Austria-Hungary into a Jewish family. Richard trained as ...

and

Ilka Grüning Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grunzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in Vienna in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, she was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to fle ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Carl Ludwig Kirmse Carl Ludwig Kirmse (1888–1982) was a German art director who worked prolifically on films during the silent and sound eras.Giesen p.220 Selected filmography * ''The House of Torment'' (1921) * '' Country Roads and the Big City'' (1921) * '' T ...

Cast

as Gött's daughter *

as old Gött *

as Frau Gött *

Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He appe ...

as Franz, Gött's son *

Margit Barnay Margit Barnay (born Margit Jana Rosenstock; 5 April 1896 – 11 January 1974) was a German film actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Boy in Blue (1919 film), The Boy in Blue'' (1919) * ''Satan (1920 film), Satan'' (1920) * ''F ...

as Gött's daughter *

Rudolf Klein-Rhoden Rudolf Klein-Rhoden (27 January 1871 – 5 January 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * '' Sins of the Parents'' (1919) * '' Intoxication'' (1919) * '' Prostitution'' (1919) * ''Indische Nächte'' ...

as Wyslicenus *

Ernst Pröckl Ernst Johann Pröckl (21 June 1888 – 26 November 1957) was an Austrian stage actor and director.Hardt p.219 He also appeared in numerous films, mainly German. Selected filmography * '' The Peruvian'' (1919) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * ' ...

as Student Kunze *

Heinz Salfner Heinz Salfner (31 December 1877 – 13 October 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Salfner appeared in more than sixty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1932 crime film '' A Shot at Dawn''.Youngkin p.465 Selected filmography ...

as Prof. Wessely * Alfred Haase as Baron von Riemer *

Ludwig Hartau Ludwig Hartau (19 February 1877 – 24 November 1922) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1915) * '' Hungernde Millionäre'' (1919) * ''Baccarat'' (1919) * '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * '' Anna Boleyn'' ( ...

as Rubiner, department store owner *Dora Bergner as Frau Rubiner, his wife *

Hermann Blaß Hermann Blaß (transliterated as Hermann Blass; 1888–1941) was an Austrian film actor and singer.Eisner p.351 The Jewish Blaß was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. He then left Austria following it ...

as Balduin, photograph *

Fred Immler Ferdinand "Fred" Immler (10 December 1880 –20 February 1965) was a German stage and film actor. Life Born in Coburg, as a young adult he worked from 1900 to 1902 at Deutsche Bank in Berlin and from 1902 to 1904 at Dresdner Bank. 1905 he return ...

as gentleman *

Ludwig Rex Ludwig Rex (1 January 1888 – 29 September 1979) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 55 films between 1918 and 1927. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in London. Selected filmography * ''Totenkopfreiter'' (1917 ...

as doctor *

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 antiquearian

References

External links

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