''The Girl from Hell'' (german: Das Mädel aus der Hölle) is a 1923 German silent

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directed by

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and starring

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Carl Auen Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the ...

and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p. 549 It premiered at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Fritz Lederer.

Cast

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* Kurt Goetze *

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* Knud Horvard *

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References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Frederic Zelnik German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub