''The House of Lies'' (german: Das Haus der Lüge) is a 1926 German silent

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directed by

Lupu Pick Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenst ...

and starring

Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss (''Krauß'' in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film ''Jud S ...

, Mary Johnson and

Lucie Höflich Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin.

. It is an adaptation of Ibsen's 1884 play ''

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''.Bock & Bergfelder p. 362 The film's

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was by

Albin Grau Albin Grau (December 22, 1884 in Leipzig-Schönefeld – March 27, 1971) was a German artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F.W. Murnau's ''Nosferatu'' (1922). He was largely responsible for the look and ...

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books.

External links

* 1926 films German historical drama films 1920s historical drama films UFA GmbH films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Lupu Pick German films based on plays Films based on works by Henrik Ibsen Films set in Norway Films set in the 1880s German black-and-white films 1926 drama films Silent historical drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub