''The Mute of Portici'' (german: Die Stumme von Portici) is a 1922 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...
directed by
Arthur Günsburg.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 397] It is based on
Daniel Auber
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (; 29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire.
Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when ...
's opera ''
La muette de Portici
''La muette de Portici'' (''The Mute Girl of Portici'', or ''The Dumb Girl of Portici''), also called ''Masaniello'' () in some versions, is an opera in five acts by Daniel Auber, with a libretto by Germain Delavigne, revised by Eugène Scr ...
''.
Cast
In alphabetical order
See also
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The Dumb Girl of Portici
''The Dumb Girl of Portici'' is a 1916 American silent historical drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber and starring Anna Pavlova, Rupert Julian and Wadsworth Harris. It was adapted by Weber from the libretto by Germain Delavig ...
'' (1916)
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The Mute of Portici'' (1952)
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1922 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films set in the 1640s
Films set in Naples
Films based on operas
Films based on works by Eugène Scribe
German black-and-white films
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