''The Mayor of Zalamea'' (german: Der Richter von Zalamea) is a 1920 German silent

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directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Lil Dagover,

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and

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.Hardt p. 221 The film was based on

Pedro Calderón de la Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (, ; ; 17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the most distinguished Baroque ...

's historic Spanish play of the same name. It was shot at the

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with sets designed by the art director

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. It was Berger's debut as a director.

Cast

* Lil Dagover as Isabel *

as Pedro Crespo *

as Chispa * Elisabeth Horn as Ines *

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as Juan * Heinrich Witte as Don Alvaro *

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as Don Mendo *

Ernst Legal Ernst Otto Eduard Legal (2 May 1881 – 29 June 1955) was a German actor and opera director of Berlin State Opera. Born on 2 May 1881 in Schlieben in the Prussian Province of Saxony, he was the father of the actress Marga Legal. He died in B ...

as Sergeant *

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as Rebolledo *

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* Helmuth Krüger

References

Bibliography

* Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

* 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German historical drama films 1920s historical drama films Films directed by Ludwig Berger Films set in Spain German films based on plays Films based on works by Pedro Calderón de la Barca Films set in the 16th century German black-and-white films Films produced by Erich Pommer 1920 drama films Silent drama films 1920s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub