''The Dead Wedding Guest'' (German: ''Der tote Hochzeitsgast'') is a 1922 Austrian silent

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directed by

Max Neufeld Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film '' The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Select ...

and starring

Eugen Neufeld Eugen Neufeld (6 December 1882 in Göding – 18 October 1950 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Jewish film actor. He was the older brother of actor and director Max Neufeld. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German a ...

Karl Ehmann Karl Ehmann (13 August 1882 – 1 November 1967) was an Austrian stage and film actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound eras of the film industry. Career Born on 13 August 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, he became interested in ac ...

and

Carmen Cartellieri Carmen Cartellieri (born Franziska Ottilia Cartellieri, 28 June 1891 – 17 October 1953), also known as Carmen Teschen, was an Austrian actress and producer. Early life Carmen Cartellieri was born on 28 June 1891, as Franziska Ottilia Cartell ...

.Büttner & Dewald p.72 It is based on the poem ''Don Ramiro'' by

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...

, set in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the

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Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger (german: Arthur Berger, russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер; 27 May 1892 – 11 January 1981) was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during ...

Hans Rouc Hans Rouc (1893–1963) was an Austrian art director.Parrill p.174 Selected filmography * '' The Marquis of Bolibar'' (1922) * '' The Dead Wedding Guest'' (1922) * '' Children of the Revolution'' (1923) * ''The Hands of Orlac'' (1924) * '' The Rev ...

and

Julius von Borsody Julius von Borsody (8 April 1892 in Vienna – 18 January 1960, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods. His youn ...

Cast

as Don Fernando *

as Narr *

as Donna Clara *

as Don Ramiro *

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as König * Midy Elliot as Knappe Don Ramiros *

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as Vertrauter * Pauline Schweighofer as Mutter Donna Claras * Eduard Selder as Vater Don Ramiros

References

Bibliography

* Elisabeth Büttner & Christian Dewald. ''Das tägliche Brennen: eine Geschichte des österreichischen Films von den Anfängen bis 1945, Volume 1''. Residenz, 2002.

External links

* 1922 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Max Neufeld Austrian black-and-white films 1922 drama films Austrian drama films Films based on poems Films set in Spain Silent drama films 1920s German-language films {{Austria-film-stub