''The Heart Thief'' is a 1927 American
silent romantic drama film directed by
Nils Olaf Chrisander
Nils Olaf Chrisander (born Waldemar Olaf Chrisander, 14 February 1884 – 5 June 1947) was a Swedish actor and film director in the early part of the twentieth century.
Biography
Chrisander's first screen appearances as an actor were in German a ...
and starring
Joseph Schildkraut
Joseph Schildkraut (22 March 1896 – 21 January 1964) was an Austrian-American actor. He won an Oscar for his performance as Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the film '' The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937); later, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for ...
,
Lya De Putti, and
Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer.
Life and career
Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. Afte ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder, p. 83]
Cast
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Joseph Schildkraut
Joseph Schildkraut (22 March 1896 – 21 January 1964) was an Austrian-American actor. He won an Oscar for his performance as Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the film '' The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937); later, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for ...
as Paul Kurt
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Lya De Putti as Anna Gallambos
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Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer.
Life and career
Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. Afte ...
as Count Franz Cserhati
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Charles K. Gerrard as Count Lazlos
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Eulalie Jensen as Countess Lazlos
* George Reehm as Galambos
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William Bakewell
William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was an American actor who achieved his greatest fame as one of the leading juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Early years
Bakewell was a native of Los Angeles, where he at ...
as Victor
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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1927 films
American romantic drama films
1927 romantic drama films
Films directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Producers Distributing Corporation films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
Silent romantic drama films
Silent American drama films
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