''The Flight from Love'' (German: ''Die Flucht vor der Liebe'') is a 1929 German

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directed by

Hans Behrendt Hans Behrendt (28 September 1889 – 1942) was a German-Jewish actor, screenwriter and film director. He was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' Catherine the Great'' (1920) ...

and starring

Friedrich Benfer Friedrich Benfer (28 August 1905 – 30 January 1996) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''I Was a Student at Heidelberg'' (1927) * ''Docks of Hamburg'' (1928) * ''The Smuggler's Bride of Mallorca'' (1929) * ''The Flight from Love'' ...

Paul Otto Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in ...

and Kurt Vespermann.Bock, Hans-Michael and Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''.

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. 2009. p. 228. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

and on location in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. The film's

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was by

Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * ''The Maharaja ...

Cast

as Mario von Hollberg *

as Franz von Hollberg, Vater * Kurt Vespermann as Henry von Nostitz, Attaché *

Vera Schmiterlöw Alice Vera Cecilia Charlotta Schmiterlöw (19 July 1904, Varberg – 9 September 1987, Stockholm) was a Swedish actress. She studied drama at the Dramaten from 1921 to 1924, where she met classmate Greta Garbo with whom she grew a lifelong frien ...

as Thea, seine Schwester * Kurt Gerron as Max Ruppke *

Jenny Jugo Jenny Jugo (born Eugenie Walter; 14 June 1905 – 30 September 2001) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films between 1925 and 1950. Biography Jenny Jugo was born Eugenie Walter on 14 June 1905, the daughter of a factory ...

as Marga, seine Tochter *

Paul Heidemann Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

as Gustav Beibernitz *Kurt Willuschat as Emil, Artistenlehrling *Hermann Stetza as Schlangenmensch Huddeldinuddel

References

External links

* Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Hans Behrendt German silent feature films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films shot in Austria {{Germany-silent-film-stub