''The Golden Plague'' (German: ''Die goldene Pest'') is a 1921 German
silent thriller film
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directed by
Louis Ralph
Louis Ralph (born Ludwig Josef Musik; 17 August 1878 – September 1952) was an Austrian film actor and director.
He was born Ludwig Musik in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Berlin at age 68.
Selected filmography
* ''D ...
and
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald.
Early career
Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began h ...
and starring
Louis Ralph
Louis Ralph (born Ludwig Josef Musik; 17 August 1878 – September 1952) was an Austrian film actor and director.
He was born Ludwig Musik in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Berlin at age 68.
Selected filmography
* ''D ...
,
Anita Berber
Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the time of the Weimar Republic.
Early life
Born in Leipzig to Felix Berber, First Violinist ...
and
Paul Bildt
Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''Devil in Silk'' (1956)
* ''Ich suche Di ...
. An
anarchist
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attempts to use a formula for
artificial gold as part of a plan to flood the world market, causing an international crisis.
[Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.98]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Botho Hoefer
Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231
Selected filmography
* '' The Golden Plague'' (1921)
* ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922)
* '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922)
* '' The Evangelist'' (1924)
* '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924)
* ' ...
and
István Szirontai Lhotka.
Cast
*
Louis Ralph
Louis Ralph (born Ludwig Josef Musik; 17 August 1878 – September 1952) was an Austrian film actor and director.
He was born Ludwig Musik in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Berlin at age 68.
Selected filmography
* ''D ...
as Jacques Delma
*
Anita Berber
Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the time of the Weimar Republic.
Early life
Born in Leipzig to Felix Berber, First Violinist ...
as Natascha
*
Paul Bildt
Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''Devil in Silk'' (1956)
* ''Ich suche Di ...
as John Marker (chemistry student)
*
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje' ...
as Dr. Jonas Fjeld
*
Emil Wittig
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* ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
*'' Emil and the Detecti ...
as Brocke
*
Felix Norfolk as Bradley
*
Arthur Bergen
Arthur Bergen (24 October 1875 – 1943) was an Austrian Jewish actor and film director. He was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.Mary Nolan, Ziegfeld Girl and Silent Movie Star: A Biography Including Her 1941 Memoi ...
as Bokine
*
Hans Wallner as Croft
*
Rudolf Klein-Rhoden
Rudolf Klein-Rhoden (27 January 1871 – 5 January 1936) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Madeleine'' (1919)
* '' Sins of the Parents'' (1919)
* '' Intoxication'' (1919)
* '' Prostitution'' (1919)
* ''Indische Nächte'' ...
as Faber
*
Michael Rainer-Steiner
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as Lord Cavendish (president, Bank of England)
*
Karl Martell
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as Patrick Murphy (Cavendish's secretary)
*
Fred Berger as Det. James Clifford
*
Emil Stammer
Emil or Emile may refer to:
Literature
*'' Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
*'' Emil and the Detecti ...
as Det. Hansen
*
Hermann Picha
Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...
as Det. Ohlsen
*
Curt Cappi
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In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...
as Det. Binet
References
Bibliography
* Barbara Hales, Mihaela Petrescu and Valerie Weinstein. ''Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936''. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
External links
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1921 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Richard Oswald
Films directed by Louis Ralph
German silent feature films
1920s thriller films
German thriller films
Films based on Norwegian novels
National Film films
Silent thriller films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
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