''The Panther Bride'' (German: ''Die Pantherbraut'') is a 1919 German silent

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Léo Lasko Léo Lasko (1885–1949) was a German screenwriter and film director of the silent and early sound eras. As Lasko was of Jewish descent he was classified as a "non- Aryan" by the Nazis. Following their 1933 takeover he was banned from film work ...

and starring Carl Auen, Victor Janson and

Ria Jende Ria Jende (October 29, 1898 – after 1927) was a Belgian-German film actress during the silent era.Grange p.97 She also produced three of her own films. Originally from Brussels she moved to Germany at a young age, and began working in the Ger ...

. It was part of a series of films featuring the detective character

Joe Deebs Joe Deebs was a fictional detective who appeared in a series of German films and serials during the silent era. Along with Stuart Webbs and a number of other fictional cinema detective characters with Anglo-Saxon names, he was modeled on Arth ...

.Wlaschin p.59 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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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

* Carl Auen as Joe Deebs, Detektiv * Victor Janson as Ferry Douglas *

as Ellen * Bernhard Goetzke as Priester *

Martin Hartwig Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austral ...

as Fakir *

Adolf Klein Adolf Klein (15 August 1847 – 11 March 1931) was an Austrian actor and theatre director. Klein appeared in around sixty films, mainly during the silent era. He appeared in a number of the epics made by the German film industry during the early ...

as Direktor Eric Hansen *

Albert Patry Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

as Oberpriester der Kali *

Emil Rameau Emil Rameau (born Emil Pulvermacher; 13 August 1878 – 9 September 1957) was a German film and theatre actor, and for many years the deputy artistic director at the Schiller Theater. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1949. Lif ...

as Dr. Duffoir

References

Bibliography

*Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009. * Hans-Michael Bock & Michael Töteberg. ''Das Ufa-Buch''. Zweitausendeins, 1992.

External links

* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Léo Lasko UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films German crime films 1919 crime films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios 1910s German films 1910s German-language films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub