''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (German: ''Die Stadt der tausend Freuden'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Paul Richter, Adele Sandrock and

Langhorn Burton Langhorne Burton (25 December 1880 – 6 December 1949) was a British film actor. Filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The King's Minister'' (1914) * '' Bootle's Baby'' (1914) * ''The Difficult Way'' (1914) * '' The Treasure of Heaven'' ( ...

.Giesen, Rolf. ''Special Effects Artists: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary of the Pre-digital Era with a Filmography''. McFarland & Company, 2008. p. 113. . It is based on the 1907 novel ''The City of Pleasure'' by the British writer Arnold Bennett. 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 ...

s Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

Cast

* Paul Richter as Jack Ilam * Adele Sandrock as Seine Mutter *

as Carlos Carpentaria *

Claire Rommer Claire Rommer (born Klara Romberger; 7 December 1904 – 19 August 1996) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922) * ''The Anthem of Love'' (1922) * ''Der Herzog von Aleria'' (1923) * ' ...

as Juliette, their sister *

Renée Héribel Renée Héribel (9 February 1903 – 25 July 1952) was a French film actress.Goble p.322 Selected filmography * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1925) * '' The White Slave'' (1927) * ''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (1927) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * '' ...

as Pauline, Jack Ilam's cousin *Frances Cuyler as Rosie, Jack Ilam's cousin * Gaston Modot as Jetsam

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* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Carmine Gallone Films based on works by Arnold Bennett Films based on British novels Films set in amusement parks German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub