''The Lady with the Tiger Skin'' (German: ''Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell'') is a 1927 German
silent film
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directed by
Willi Wolff
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* Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist
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and starting
Ellen Richter
Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to create ...
,
Mary Kid
Mary Kid (born Marie Anna Albertine Keul; 8 August 1901 – 29 October 1988) was a German actress. She appeared in more than forty films during the Weimar Republic, but her career came to an end in the early sound era.
Selected filmography
* '' H ...
and
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.
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He was married ...
.
The film's
art direction
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is by
Ernst Stern
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.
Cast
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Ellen Richter
Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to create ...
as Lady Portin, alias Ellen Garet
*
Mary Kid
Mary Kid (born Marie Anna Albertine Keul; 8 August 1901 – 29 October 1988) was a German actress. She appeared in more than forty films during the Weimar Republic, but her career came to an end in the early sound era.
Selected filmography
* '' H ...
*
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.
Personal life
He was married ...
as Lord Abbot
*
Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...
as Count Charles Bremer
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Heinrich Schroth
Heinrich August Franz Schroth (23 March 1871 – 14 January 1945) was a German stage and film actor.
Career
Schroth was born in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He made his acting debut at the Sigmaringen Royal Theatre in 1890. In 1894 h ...
as Henry Seymor
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Alfred Gerasch
Alfred Gerasch (17 August 1877 – 12 August 1955) was a German film actor.Chandler p.271
Selected filmography
* ''The Guilt of Lavinia Morland'' (1920)
* ''The Legend of Holy Simplicity'' (1920)
* '' The Handicap of Love'' (1921)
* ''His Excelle ...
as Senior Santos
*
Kurt Gerron
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Life
Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he ...
as Meyers
*
Evi Eva
Evi Eva (1899–1985) was a German film actress.Goble p.190
Selected filmography
* '' The Eyes as the Accuser'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* '' At the Edge of the Great City'' (1922)
* '' Hallig Hooge'' (1923)
* ''The Heart of Lil ...
References
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Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Willi Wolff
German silent feature films
Films based on Austrian novels
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
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