''The Man in the Background'' (german: Der Mann im Hintergrund, Dutch:''De man op den achtergrond'') is a 1922

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized 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) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by

Ernst Winar Ernst Winar (3 September 1894 – 28 June 1978) was a Dutch actor and film director. He appeared in 34 films between 1916 and 1955. He also directed 14 films between 1922 and 1955. In 1920 he published ''Peccavi...???'', a then-scandalous n ...

Cast

* Eduard Ijdo – Geoffrey Gill *

Adolphe Engers Adolphe Engers (1884–1945) was a Dutch writer and actor on stage and in the movies, who appeared in more than fifty films during his career, a number of them in Weimar Germany. Biography Before his career in film, he was an actor on the stage a ...

– Willem Hendriks *

Paula de Waart Paula de Waart (1 January 1876 – 2 December 1938) was a Dutch film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 24 films between 1915 and 1935. Filmography * '' Het Mysterie van de Mondscheinsonate'' (1935) * '' The Man in the Background' ...

– Willem Hendriks' vrouw * Koba Kinsbergen – Mariska * Ernst Becker – Lord Ruthven * Herma van Delden – Mauds zus *

Coen Hissink Johan Coenraad "Coen" Hissink (5 October 1878 – 17 February 1942) was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 25 films between 1914 and 1942. He also wrote short stories and books about controversial topics such as homosexua ...

– Count Stanislaus Larinski * Hans Lindegg – Werner *

Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * ''Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ''Film Kathi'' (1918) * ''Lorenzo Burghardt'' ...

Erich Walter The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

– Count Otto von Trepow * Stefanie Hantzsch – Agnes von Trepow *

Victor Colani Victor Max Colani (30 October 1895 – 25 November 1957) was a German actor. He was born in Zittau and died in The Hague, Netherlands. Selected filmography * '' Der vergiftete Strom'' (1921) * '' Lightning Command'' (1921) * ''The Poisoned Stream ...

– Bernhard von Trepow * Eduard van Meghen – Von Harder * Fritz Epstein – Peter *

Erika Unruh Erika may refer to: Arts and Entertainment * Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)'' * Erika (''Friends'') * Erika (''Pokémon'') * Erika (''Underworld'') * Erika Itsumi ''(Girls und Panzer)'' * ''Erika'' (film), a 1971 Italian thriller film * "E ...

– Käthe

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* 1922 films Dutch black-and-white films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Ernst Winar Dutch silent feature films German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub