''The Man in the Saddle'' (German:''Der Mann im Sattel'') is a 1925 German
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
Manfred Noa
Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film ''Helena (1924 film), Helena'' has been called his "masterpiece" alt ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder p.460] It was remade as a
sound film of the same title starring
Harry Piel
Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films.
Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such ...
.
The film's sets were designed by
Artur Günther
Artur Günther (1893–1972) was a German art director.Giesen p.202 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during a lengthy career.
Selected filmography
* '' When the Dead Speak'' (1917)
* '' Ikarus, the Flying Man'' (1918)
* ''Alraun ...
.
Cast
In alphabetical order
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Colette Darfeuil
Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s.
Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...
*
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor.
Career
Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, Wil ...
*
Angelo Ferrari
Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema.
Selected filmography
* ''The Nude Woman'' (1922)
* ''The Green Manuela'' (1923)
* ''Samson'' (1923)
* '' The Faces of Love'' (1924)
* ''Pr ...
*
Paul Graetz
Paul Graetz (8 August 1889 – 16 February 1937) was a German actor and star of the Weimar cabaret.
Selected filmography
* '' The Peruvian'' (1919)
* ''The Princess of the Nile'' (1920)
* ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920)
* ''Mary Magdalene'' (19 ...
as Manager
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Harry Hardt
Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mil ...
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Francine Mussey
Francine Mussey (6 October 1897 – 23 March 1933) was a French film actress whose career began in the silent film era of the 1920s and ended in 1933 when she committed suicide by ingesting poison at age 35.
Mussey was born in the 18th arrondis ...
*
Heinrich Peer
Heinrich Peer (25 November 1867 – 13 May 1927) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Hardt p. 221 He appeared in around a hundred films during the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913)
* '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913)
* ' ...
*
F.W. Schröder-Schrom
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Ernő Verebes
Ernő Verebes (born Ernst Weiss, December 6, 1902 – June 13, 1971) was a Hungarian-American actor who began his career in Hungarian silent films in 1915. During his film career he worked and lived in Hungary, Germany and in the United States. ...
as Mann im Sattel
*
Kurt Wolowsky
Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor.
In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1925 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Manfred Noa
German silent feature films
German horse racing films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
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