''The Big Light'' (german: Das große Licht) is a 1920 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
Hanna Henning
Hanna Henning (1884–1925) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. She was the most prominent and prolific women director working in the German film industry during the silent era.Foster p.180
Selected filmography
* '' Bubi Is Je ...
and starring
Hermann Böttcher
Hermann Gotthilf Ferdinand Boettcher (12 November 1866 – 7 May 1935) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.223
Selected filmography
* '' The Man of Action'' (1919)
* ''The Swabian Maiden'' (1919)
* ''Madame Récamier'' (1920)
* ''The Big Li ...
,
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor.
Career
Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, Wil ...
, and
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The L ...
.
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The
art direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
was by
Hans Sohnle
Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs.
Selected filmography
* ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919)
* '' The Woman in Doctor's Garb ...
.
Cast
In alphabetical order
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1920 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Hanna Henning
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
Silent German drama films
1920 drama films
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