''The Pearl of the Orient'' (german: Die Perle des Orients) is a 1921

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silent

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by

Karlheinz Martin Karlheinz Martin (May 6, 1886 – January 13, 1948) was a German stage and film director, best known for his expressionist productions. After enjoying success with experimental productions in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg, Martin went to Berlin, ...

and starring

Viggo Larsen Viggo Larsen (14 August 1880 – 6 January 1957) was a Danish film actor, director and producer from the early silent era to the ' talkies'. He appeared in 140 films between 1906 and 1942. He also directed 235 films between 1906 and 1921. ...

Carola Toelle Carola Toelle (born Henriette Dorothea Helene Karola Toelle; 2 April 1893 – 28 January 1958) was a German stage and film actress. She was the elder sister of the actress Uschi Elleot. Selected filmography * '' Johannes Goth'' (1920) * ''Haza ...

and

Tzwetta Tzatschewa Tzwetta Tzatschewa ( bg, Цвета Цачева, 27 December 1900 – 12 December 1975), also known as Manja Tzatschewa, was a Bulgarian film actress of the silent era.Lotte H. Eisner (1964) ''Murnau''. Ramsay. p. 241 Selected filmography * ...

. It premiered in

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on 12 August 1921.Grange p. 96

Cast

as Maharadscha von Shivaji *

as Inge, seine Frau *

as Lieblingssklavin Sidara *

Ferdinand von Alten Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

as Radscha von Singalundi *

Lewis Brody Louis Brody (born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa; 15 February 1896 – 11 February 1951) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician and showfighter. Brody was born in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun, now Cameroon. His career began in the 1 ...

as Diener des Radschas * Magda Madeleine * H. von Maixdorff *

Rolf Prasch Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. ...

Loni Nest Eleonore "Loni" Arnault ( Nest, 4 August 1915 – 2 October 1990), known professionally by her maiden name of Loni Nest, was a German actress. Born in Berlin, she was a child star of German silent films in the 1920s. She was filmed for the first ...

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''.Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German adventure films German black-and-white films 1921 adventure films Films directed by Karlheinz Martin Silent adventure films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{adventure-film-stub