''The House in Dragon Street'' (German: ''Das Haus in der Dragonerstrasse '') is a 1921 German silent

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directed by Richard Oswald and starring Edmund Löwe,

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and Lilly Flohr. The film premiered in

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on 24 June 1921.Grange p.94

Cast

* Edmund Löwe as Der alte Uhl *

as Walter, sein Sohn * Lilly Flohr as Lia, seine Tochter *

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as Zigarrenhändler Paulsen *

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as Martha, seine Frau *

Eugen Jensen Eugen Jensen (1871–1957) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He worked frequently in the Austrian and German cinemas during the silent era in supporting roles in films such as ''The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (1927).Eisner p.351 Following the Anchlu ...

as Der Junggeselle * Aenne Ullstein as Ein Mädchen, Walters Freundin *

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as Funke, Lias Bräutigam

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''.Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German crime films Films directed by Richard Oswald 1921 crime films German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub