''The Living Dead'' (German: ''Die lebende Tote'') is a 1919 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten,

Paul Bildt Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Devil in Silk'' (1956) * '' Ich suche D ...

and

Elsa Wagner Elsa Wagner (24 January 1881 – 17 August 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''. Life and career Born as Elisab ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.372 The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Dürnhöfer and Jack Winter.

Cast

* Henny Porten as Eva von Redlich *

as Professor von Redlich *

as Brigitte *

Ernst Dernburg Ernst Dernburg (born Erich Wilhelm Franz Hermann Calow; 4 April 1887 – 23 September 1969) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.198 Selected filmography *'' The Sacrifice'' (1918) * '' The Living Dead'' (1919) * '' The Marquise of Armiani ...

as Von der Tann *

Carl Ebert Carl Anton Charles Ebert (20 February 1887 – 14 May 1980), was an actor, stage director and arts administrator. Ebert's early career was as an actor, training under Max Reinhardt and becoming one of the leading actors in his native Germany duri ...

Hans von Zedlitz Hans von Zedlitz (1890–1948) was a German film actor.Waldman p.81 Selected filmography * '' The Living Dead'' (1919) * '' Dancer of Death'' (1920) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * '' Just Once a Great Lady'' (1934) * '' Hard Luck Mary'' (1934) * ' ...

as Graf Karl Lanza

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Rudolf Biebrach German silent feature films German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films {{Germany-silent-film-stub