''The House Without Laughter'' (German: ''Das Haus ohne Lachen'') is a 1923 German
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht
Gerhard Lamprecht (6 October 1897 – 4 May 1974) was a German film director, screenwriter and film historian. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958.
Life and career
Lamprecht was fasci ...
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The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Robert A. Dietrich
Robert A. Dietrich (28 March 1889 – 8 September 1947) was a German art director.Scheunemann p.277 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career.
Selected filmography
* '' The Student of Prague'' (1913)
* ''The Path of Dea ...
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Cast
In alphabetical order
*Theodor Burghardt
*Rudolf Del Zopp as servant
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Henrik Galeen
Henrik Galeen (7 January 1881 – 30 July 1949) was an Austrian-born actor, screenwriter and film director considered an influential figure in the development of German Expressionism, German Expressionist cinema during the silent era.
Early years ...
as William Blent
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Paul Gunther
*Egon Kleyersburg
*Adelheid Mannstedt
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Harry Nestor
Harry Nestor (born Franz Harry Pridun; 11 March 1893 – 11 November 1969) was an Austrian actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Secret of the Mummy'' (1921)
* ''The Bull of Olivera'' (1921)
* ''To the Ladies' Paradise'' (1922)
* ''City in View'' ...
as Lester
*Maria Peterson as cook
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Edith Posca
Edith Posca (1892–1931) was a German stage and film actress.A New History of German Cinema p.106 The wife of director Lupu Pick, she appeared as the leading lady in a number of his silent era productions.
Selected filmography
* ''City in View'' ...
as Enid White
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Mathilde Sussin
Mathilde Sussin (21 September 1876 – 2 August 1943) was an Austrian actress.
Sussin was born in Vienna into a Jewish family and died in 1943 at Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.
Selected filmography
* '' The Black Tulip Fe ...
as William's wife
References
External links
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Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
German silent feature films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
1923 drama films
Silent German drama films
1920s German films
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