''The Galley Slave'' (German: ''Der Galeerensträfling'') is a 1919 German silent historical adventure film directed by

Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese (6 January 1891 — 22 December 1978) was a German actor, Film director, director, production designer, and Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated Art director#In film, art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He w ...

and

Paul Wegener Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema. Acting career At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and conce ...

and starring Wegener,

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, and Paul Hartmann.St. Pierre p.104 Inspired by several of the novels of

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including '' Lost Illusions'', it was released in two parts on separate dates during October 1919. Although Gliese was the principal credited director, the film's star Wegener also worked on its production. It was shot at the Templehof Studios in

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, with sets designed by the art director

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. Chess achievements In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...

Cast

as Colin, König der Galeerensträflinge *

as Victorine * Paul Hartmann as Rastignac *

Ernst Deutsch Ernst Deutsch, also known as Ernest Dorian (16 September 1890 – 22 March 1969), was a Jewish Austrian actor. In 1916, his performance as the protagonist in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play '' The Son'' in Dresde ...

as Galeerensträfling * Else Berna as Herzogin Maufrigneuse *

Adele Sandrock Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Ne ...

Lothar Müthel Lothar Müthel (né Lothar Max Lütcke; 18 February 1896 – 4 September 1964) was a German stage and film actor and director. Career Müthel was born in Berlin, where he attended the acting school of Max Reinhardt, ''Schauspielschule, Berl ...

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * '' ...

Armin Schweizer Armin Schweizer (28 April 1892 – 8 October 1968) was a Swiss actor. Schweizer was born in Zurich, Switzerland and died there at age 76 Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) * '' The Mayor of ...

Hedwig Gutzeit Hedwig may refer to: People and fictional characters * Hedwig (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Grzegorz Hedwig (born 1988), Polish slalom canoeist * Johann Hedwig, (1730–1799), German botanist * Romanus Adol ...

References

Bibliography

* Paul Matthew St. Pierre. ''Cinematography in the Weimar Republic: Lola Lola, Dirty Singles, and the Men Who Shot Them''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

External links

* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Paul Wegener Films directed by Rochus Gliese 1910s historical adventure films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios UFA GmbH films German historical adventure films German black-and-white films Films set in France Silent historical adventure films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub