The Orlov (German: ''Der Orlow'') is a 1927 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
Jacob Fleck
Jacob Fleck (8 November 1881 in Vienna as Jacob Julius Fleck – 19 September 1953, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman. He is noted for his long-standing professional partnership with his wife ...
and
Luise Fleck
Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée (1 August 1873–15 March 1950), was an Austrian film director, and has been considered the second ever female feature film director in the world, after A ...
and starring
Vivian Gibson
Vivian Gibson (22 October 1898 – 9 May 1981) was a British-born Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Demos'' (1921)
* '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922)
* ''Fräulein Raffke'' (1923)
* ''Countess Maritza'' (1925)
* '' The King and the ...
,
Hans Junkermann
Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961.
Biography
Junkermann was bor ...
and
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.
Personal life
He was married ...
.
It was shot at the
Babelsberg
Babelsberg () is the largest quarter ('' Stadtteil'') of Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg. The affluent neighbourhood named after a small hill on the Havel river is famous for Babelsberg Palace and Park, part of the Pala ...
and
Staaken Studios in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Jacek Rotmil
Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follo ...
.
Cast
*
Vivian Gibson
Vivian Gibson (22 October 1898 – 9 May 1981) was a British-born Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Demos'' (1921)
* '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922)
* ''Fräulein Raffke'' (1923)
* ''Countess Maritza'' (1925)
* '' The King and the ...
as Nadja Nadjakowska - née Lady Proschaja
*
Hans Junkermann
Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961.
Biography
Junkermann was bor ...
as John Walsh
*
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.
Personal life
He was married ...
as Jolly Jefferson
*
Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...
as Alexander Alexandrowitsch
*Max Ralph-Ostermann as Watson - police commissioner
*
Evi Eva
Evi Eva (1899–1985) was a German film actress.Goble p.190
Selected filmography
* '' The Eyes as the Accuser'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* '' At the Edge of the Great City'' (1922)
* '' Hallig Hooge'' (1923)
* ''The Heart of Lil ...
as Dolly Marbanks - Jolly's secretary
*
Iván Petrovich
Iván Petrovich ( sr, Иван Петровић, Ivan Petrović; 1 January 1894 – 18 October 1962) was a Serbian film actor and singer.
He was the first actor from Yugoslavia to have a successful international movie career. Petrovich mainly w ...
as Alexander - Russian exile
*
Ernst Behmer
Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras.
Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kalin ...
as Iwan Stephanow - Russian exile
*Weinau-Schallay as Leuchtturmwächter Flugzeugfabrik
References
External links
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1927 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Jacob Fleck
Films directed by Luise Fleck
Films based on operettas
German black-and-white films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
Films shot at Staaken Studios
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