''The President'' (German: ''Der Präsident'') is a 1928 German
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, ''T ...
and starring
Ivan Mozzhukhin
Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin ( rus, Иван Ильич Мозжухин, p=ɪˈvan ɨˈlʲjitɕ mɐˈʑːʉxʲɪn; —18 January 1939), usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor.
Career in Ru ...
,
Nikolai Malikoff
Nikolai Malikoff (Russian: Николай Петрович Маликов; 1874 – 20 April 1931) was a Russian-Ukrainian film director and actor who worked mainly as a film director in Russia, and later as an actor in Germany.Goble p.673
Selec ...
and
Suzy Vernon
Suzy Vernon (1901–1997) was a French film actress.Powrie p.178 Vernon was born Amelie Paris in Perpignan in Southern France. She began her screen career in 1923 during the silent era and went on to appear in just under fifty films. She generally ...
.
[Goble p.484] It was shot at the
Staaken
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Geography
Staaken borders on the localities of Spandau proper, Falkenhagener Feld and Wilhelmstadt. In the west it shares border with the Brandenburg municipalit ...
and
EFA Studios
The EFA Studios or Halensee Studios were film studios located in the Berlin suburb of Halensee. They were a prominent centre of film production in the Silent film, silent and early sound era. Constructed in 1919 after the First World War, they wer ...
in
Berlin
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as well as
on location in
Nice
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on the
French Riviera
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Robert Neppach
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. It was distributed by the German branch of
Universal Pictures
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.
Cast
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Ivan Mozzhukhin
Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin ( rus, Иван Ильич Мозжухин, p=ɪˈvan ɨˈlʲjitɕ mɐˈʑːʉxʲɪn; —18 January 1939), usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor.
Career in Ru ...
as Chico / Pepe Torre, ein Bauer
*
Nikolai Malikoff
Nikolai Malikoff (Russian: Николай Петрович Маликов; 1874 – 20 April 1931) was a Russian-Ukrainian film director and actor who worked mainly as a film director in Russia, and later as an actor in Germany.Goble p.673
Selec ...
as Conde de Valdez
*
Suzy Vernon
Suzy Vernon (1901–1997) was a French film actress.Powrie p.178 Vernon was born Amelie Paris in Perpignan in Southern France. She began her screen career in 1923 during the silent era and went on to appear in just under fifty films. She generally ...
as Donna Manuela, seine Tochter
*
Luigi Serventi
Luigi Serventi (31 July 1885 – 18 August 1976) was an Italian film actor.
Partial filmography
* ''Il prezzo del perdono'' (1913)
* ''Bianco contro negro'' (1913)
* ''La lega dei diamanti'' (1913)
* ''La parola che uccide'' (1914)
* ''La dote d ...
as Don Germo / Geronimo Cortez
*
Heinrich Schroth
Heinrich August Franz Schroth (23 March 1871 – 14 January 1945) was a German stage and film actor.
Career
Schroth was born in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He made his acting debut at the Sigmaringen Royal Theatre in 1890. In 1894 h ...
as Deon Ramirez, ein Politiker
*
Iwa Wanja
Iwa Wanja (10 October 1905 – 26 June 1991) was a Bulgarian actress based in Germany. She moved to Berlin to pursue her career, appearing in around thirty German films. Married to Norbert Schultze, German composer, best remembered for having writ ...
as Jenetz / Juez, ein Bauernmädchen
* Rolf as The dog Mingo
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1928 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Gennaro Righelli
German comedy-drama films
Films set in South America
Films based on German novels
Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz
German black-and-white films
1928 comedy-drama films
Silent comedy-drama films
Films shot at Halensee Studios
Films shot at Staaken Studios
Films shot in Nice
1920s German films
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