''The Man of Action'' (German: ''Der Mann der Tat'') is a 1919 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
Victor Janson
Victor Arthur Eduard Janson ( lv, Viktors Artūrs Eduards Jansons; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvians, Latvian ethnicity.
Selected filmography Actor
* ''Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916)
...
and starring
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The L ...
,
Hanna Ralph
Hanna Ralph (born Johanna Antonia Adelheid Günther; 25 September 1888 – 25 March 1978) was a German stage and film actress whose career began on the stage and in silent film in the 1910s and continued through the early 1950s.
Career
Hanna Ra ...
and
Hermann Böttcher
Hermann Gotthilf Ferdinand Boettcher (12 November 1866 – 7 May 1935) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.223
Selected filmography
* '' The Man of Action'' (1919)
* ''The Swabian Maiden'' (1919)
* ''Madame Récamier'' (1920)
* ''The Big Li ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Kurt Richter
Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer.
Chess achievements
In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...
.
Cast
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Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The L ...
as Jan Miller
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Hanna Ralph
Hanna Ralph (born Johanna Antonia Adelheid Günther; 25 September 1888 – 25 March 1978) was a German stage and film actress whose career began on the stage and in silent film in the 1910s and continued through the early 1950s.
Career
Hanna Ra ...
as Henrica van Looy
*
Hermann Böttcher
Hermann Gotthilf Ferdinand Boettcher (12 November 1866 – 7 May 1935) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.223
Selected filmography
* '' The Man of Action'' (1919)
* ''The Swabian Maiden'' (1919)
* ''Madame Récamier'' (1920)
* ''The Big Li ...
References
External links
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Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Victor Janson
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
UFA GmbH films
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