''The Rosentopf Case'' (German: ''Der Fall Rosentopf'') is a 1918 German silent

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directed by

Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch (; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as ...

and starring Lubitsch, Trude Hesterberg and

Margarete Kupfer Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress. Partial filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Frau Eva'' (1916) * ''The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) ...

.Thomson p.145 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Paul Leni and

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Cast

as Sally, junger Mann des Detektiv Ceeps * Trude Hesterberg as Bella Spaketti, Tänzerin * Ferry Sikla as Rentier Klingelmann *

as Dienstmädchen * Elsa Wagner as Frau Hintze

References

Bibliography

* Kristin Thompson. ''Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood: German and American Film After World War I''. Amsterdam University Press, 2005.

External links

* 1918 films Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch German comedy films 1918 comedy films UFA GmbH films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios German black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub