''The Eyes of the World'' (german: Die Augen der Welt) 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

Carl Wilhelm Carl Wilhelm (born 1872 in Vienna; died in London 1936), was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity. L ...

and starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laugh ...

Ressel Orla Ressel Orla (born Theres Anna Ochs; 18 May 1889 – 23 July 1931) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in some of Fritz Lang's earliest films. Selected filmography * '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1914) * '' The Queen's Secretary'' ...

and

Anton Edthofer Anton Franz Edthofer (18 September 1883 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian actor. Partial filmography * '' The Sacrifice'' (1918) * ''Freier Dienst'' (1918) - Landovsky * ''Maria Magdalena'' (1919) * '' The Eyes of the World'' (1920) - Heinz ...

.Soister, John T. ''Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography''. McFarland, 2002. p. 107. . 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 ...

Artur Günther Artur Günther (1893–1972) was a German art director.Giesen p.202 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during a lengthy career. Selected filmography * '' When the Dead Speak'' (1917) * '' Ikarus, the Flying Man'' (1918) * ''Alraun ...

Cast

as Julianne's Lover, Johannes Kay *

as Juliane van Derp *

as Heinz Kay *

Willy Prager Willy Prager (23 May 1877 – 4 March 1956) was a German actor, writer and Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artist ...

as Henrik van Derp *Emil Heyse as Justizrat ter Holt *Lotte Koopmann as Dagmar *

Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931). Biography Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ...

as Prof. Hanous *Fritz Rimpler as Björn *Berthold Rose as Cellini * Julius Sachs as Pastor Swensen *Henny Steimann as Rebekka Kay *Fritz Witte-Wild as Goldsmith Klaus *

Max Zilzer Max Zilzer (23 November 1868, in Budapest – 1943, in Berlin) was a Hungarian-born German stage and film actor. Zilzer was Jewish and died under interrogation by the Gestapo during World War II. He was the father of actor Wolfgang Zilzer. Sele ...

as Ralph Courtius

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* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Carl Wilhelm German black-and-white films Terra Film films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub