''The Second Mother'' (German: ''Die zweite Mutter'') is a 1925

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silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers (1871–1938) was a German playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer, producer. He worked on a number of films during the silent era. Towards the end of his film career he directed comedies for Universum Fil ...

and starring

Margarete Lanner Margarete Lanner (1896–1981) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in around 30 films during the silent and early sound eras in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. She had a small part in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ...

Hans Mierendorff Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916) * ''Hilde Warren und der Tod'' ...

and Maria Melchoir. It was one of a number of popular comedies released by

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alongside its more prestigious

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s.Kreimeier p.101

Cast

as Dorette Petresco *

as Ernst v. Schönwald * Maria Melchoir as Herta *

Jack Trevor Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between ...

as Baron Fred Brochstädt * Liselotte Krämer as Lori * Mary Hannes * Oskar Fuchs as van der Verde *

Leo Peukert Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...

as T. Weiringer *

Emil Sondermann Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *'' Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *'' Emil and the Detecti ...

as Johann *

Carl Zickner Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of te ...

* Hans Stock

References

Bibliography

* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

* 1925 films 1925 comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German comedy films Films directed by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub