''The Fallen'' () is a 1926

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silent

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directed by

Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and film producer, producer of the Silent era, silent and Sound film, early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I ...

and

Rudolf Dworsky Rudolf Franz Dworsky (11 April 1882 in Vienna – 6 July 1927 in Perleberg) was an Austrian and German film producer and director of the Silent era. His production company was called Aafa-Film (Althoff-Ambos-Film), Berlin, the co-owner was the p ...

and starring

Asta Nielsen Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen (11 September 1881 – 24 May 1972) was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were ...

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily a ...

, and

Otto Gebühr Otto Gebühr (29 May 1877 – 13 March 1954) was a German theatre and film actor, who appeared in 102 films released between 1917 and 1954. He is noted for his performance as the Prussian king Frederick the Great in numerous films. Early li ...

. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacek Rotmil Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follow ...

. The 109-minute film addressed the issue of

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amongst the German

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Cast

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* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1926 drama films German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein Films directed by Rudolf Dworsky Films based on German novels Films about alcoholism German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films Films shot at Halensee Studios German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub