''The Man in the Saddle'' (german: Der Mann im Sattel) is a 1945 German film directed by and 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 ...
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[Rentschler p. 284]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Gabriel Pellon
Gabriel Pellon (1900–1975) was a German painter and art director.Shandley p.212 Pellon was born in Metz, which was then part of the German Empire having been annexed from France at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. When Metz was later annex ...
.
The film was previously thought to have been lost since 1945. However, in the 1990s, the film was found in an East German archive and had a premiere in 2000 in Berlin.
Cast
In alphabetical order
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Valy Arnheim
Valy Arnheim (born Valentin Theodor Woldemar Appel; 8 June 1883 – 11 November 1950) was a German film actor and director.
Selected filmography
* ''Lightning Command'' (1921)
* ''Anne-Liese of Dessau'' (1925)
* ''Harry Hill's Deadly Hunt'' (192 ...
as Ganove
*
Ellen Bang
Ellen Bang (16 May 1906 – 8 November 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in thirty films between 1934 and 1950.
Selected filmography
* ''Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne!'' (1935)
* '' My Friend Barbara'' (1937)
* '' The Gambler'' (1938)
* ...
as Steffi
*
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 Di ...
as Kommissar Hentschke
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Eduard Bornträger
Eduard Bornträger (22 June 1888 – 9 March 1958) was a German film actor.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.276
Selected filmography
* '' The Hunter from Kurpfalz'' (1933)
* ''Police Report'' (1934)
* ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1935)
* ''The Private Life of ...
*
Egon Brosig
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Charlott Daudert
Charlott Daudert (27 December 1913 – 19 January 1961) was a German film actress.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275
Filmography
* '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934)
* ''Frasquita'' (1934)
* '' Da stimmt was nicht'' (1934)
* '' Old Comrades'' (1934)
* '' ...
as Ossi la Planta
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Erich Dunskus
Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia and died in Hagen, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The King of Pa ...
*
Herbert Gernot
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Australia
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as Kommissar
*
Otto Graf
Otto Graf (28 November 1896 – 22 February 1977) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1935 and 1970.
Partial filmography
* ''Nacht der Verwandlung'' (1935) as René Duval
* '' The Traitor'' ( ...
as Fritz Thermälen
*
Walter Gross as Arzt
*
Kurt Hagen
*
Clemens Hasse
Clemens Hasse (13 April 1908 – 28 July 1959) was a German actor and synchroniser.
Biography
Hasse was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a public official and attended his stage education at the ''Preussisches Staatstheater'' in Berlin. Be ...
as Otto Bruck
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Karl Hellmer
Karl Hellmer (11 March 1896 – 18 May 1974) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1932 and 1969. He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''I by Day, You by Night'' (1932)
* ...
as Wilhelm
*
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* Irmgard of Chiemsee (c. 831/833 – 16 July 866)
* Irmgard of Cleves (c. 130 ...
*
Alwin Lippisch Alwin is a German and Dutch form of Alvin and may refer to:
* Alwin-Broder Albrecht (1903–1945), German naval officer, one of Adolf Hitler's adjutants during World War II
*Alwin Berger (1871–1931), German botanist and contributor to the nomencl ...
*
Edgar Pauly
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*
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 ...
as Trainer Roberts
*
Karl Platen
Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931).
Biography
Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ...
as Gastwirt
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Josef Reithofer
Josef Reithofer (1883–1950) was an Austrian stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' In the Line of Duty'' (1917)
* ''Without Witnesses'' (1919)
* '' The Dancer from Tanagra'' (1920)
* ''The Princess of the Nile'' (1920)
* ''Fanny Elssl ...
*
Walter Ruesta
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*
Just Scheu
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*
Kurt Seifert as Paul, Futtermeister
*
Ute Sielisch
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Michael von Newlinsky
Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82
Selected filmography
* ' ...
*
Genia von Unruh
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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 ...
as Haushälterin
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Karl Wagner
*
Aruth Wartan
Aruth Wartan (or ''Haruth Vartan'', hy, Հարութ Վարդան, 23 June 1880 – 14 April 1945) was a German film actor of Armenian origin who appeared in around ninety films during his career, generally in supporting roles.
Life and career
B ...
as Trunkenbold
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Gerhild Weber as Lisa Freyberg
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Ewald Wenck
Ewald Wenck (28 December 1891 – 3 April 1981) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 230 films and television shows between 1919 and 1978.
Selected filmography
* ''We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929)
* ''Spoiling the ...
as Zeuge
*
Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917)
* ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918)
* ''About the Son'' (1921)
* '' Memoirs of a Film Actre ...
as Reinhold Schirmer
*
Peter Widmann
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as Nicco Jersonf
*
Anneliese Würtz
*
Hans Zesch-Ballot
Hans Zesch-Ballot (20 May 1896 – 1 September 1972) was a German film actor
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as Dr. Gustl Gallinger
See also
*
Überläufer
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* ''
The Man in the Saddle'' (1925)
References
Bibliography
* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.
External links
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1945 films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Harry Piel
German black-and-white films
Remakes of German films
German horse racing films
Sound film remakes of silent films
Tobis Film films
1940s rediscovered films
Rediscovered German films
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