''The Joker'' (Danish: ''Jokeren'') is a 1928 Danish-German silent

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directed by

Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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and starring Henry Edwards,

Elga Brink Elisabeth Margarete Biermann (née Brink, born Frey; 2 April 1905 – 28 October 1985), known professionally as Elga Brink, was a German film actress. Brink rose to prominence in the early 1920s, when she starred in many silent films. Her last sil ...

Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Mile ...

and

Renée Héribel Renée Héribel (9 February 1903 – 25 July 1952) was a French film actress.Goble p.322 Selected filmography * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1925) * '' The White Slave'' (1927) * ''The City of a Thousand Delights'' (1927) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * '' ...

. It is based upon the 1927 play ''The Joker'' by

Noel Scott Noel Scott (15 December 1929 – 25 February 2018) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Before entering politics, Scott was the foundation principal of Makoura College in Masterton. Scott unsuccessfully contested ...

. The film was also released under the German language title ''Der Faschingskönig'' (English: ''The King of the Carnival''). It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in

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as well as on location in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * ''The Maharaja ...

Cast

* Henry Edwards as Mr. Carstairs *

as Gill *

as Mr. Borwick *

Aage Hertel Aage Hertel (17 October 1873 – 3 January 1944) was a Danish stage, radio and film actor whose career began in the 1890s working as a stagehand and set painter. Hertel appeared in approximately ninety films during the silent film area. Early li ...

as Jonny *

as Lady Powder *

Christian Schrøder Christian Schrøder (13 July 1869 – 10 December 1940) was a Danish film actor, screenwriter and director. He was also a captain in the reserve. He appeared in 30 films between 1912 and 1940, mostly farce and comedy. He was born in Midde ...

as James *Philip Bech as Edward *Ruth Komdrup as Lou Lou *

Aage Bendixen Aage Bendixen (16 June 1887 – 30 December 1973) was a Danish actor. He is best known for his work in short comedy films of the 1920s and 1930s in the Cinema of Denmark. Career He began acting in film in 1919 at the age of 32 in Væddeløberen ...

Olga Svendsen Olga Svendsen (22 February 1883 – 22 October 1942) was a Danish stage and film actress. Partial filmography *''Storstadens Hyæne'' (1912) - Zoë *''Gøglernes Elskov'' (1912) - Mutter Putois *'' Sladder'' (1913, Short) *''Prins for en dag' ...

Gabriel Gabrio Gabriel Gabrio (born Édouard Gabriel Lelièvre; 13 January 1887 – 31 October 1946) was a French stage and film actor whose career began in cinema in the silent film era of the 1920s and spanned more than two decades. Gabrio is possibly best re ...

as Sir Herbert Powder

References

Bibliography

*Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1928 drama films Danish drama films Films of the Weimar Republic Danish silent films Films directed by Georg Jacoby Nordisk Film films German silent feature films German black-and-white films German drama films Films set in Nice Films shot in Nice Silent drama films 1920s German films {{Short-silent-drama-film-stub