''The Sins of the Mother'' (german: Die Sünden der Mutter) is a 1921 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
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
, bfi.org.uk; accessed ...
and starring
Carl Auen
Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the ...
and
Käthe Dorsch
Katharina "Käthe" Dorsch (, 29 December 1890 – 25 December 1957) was a German stage and film actor.
Biography
Katharina Dorsch was born on 29 December 1890 at 5:30 P.M. in the Bavarian town of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the daughter of Chri ...
.
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 ...
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
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Curt Ehrle as Fabrikbesitzer Windolf Harrison
*Toni Zimmerer as Prokurist Charles Barker
*Grete Sellin as Dessen Frau Anni
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Käthe Dorsch
Katharina "Käthe" Dorsch (, 29 December 1890 – 25 December 1957) was a German stage and film actor.
Biography
Katharina Dorsch was born on 29 December 1890 at 5:30 P.M. in the Bavarian town of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the daughter of Chri ...
as Louisa, beider Tochter
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Carl Auen
Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the ...
as Ronald, beider Sohn
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Hanna Ralph
Hanna Ralph (born Johanna Antonia Adelheid Günther; 25 September 1888 – 25 March 1978) was a German stage and film actress whose career began on the stage and in silent film in the 1910s and continued through the early 1950s.
Career
Hanna Ra ...
as Harriet Kellogg, Schauspielerin
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Erika Glässner
Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Werner Krafft'' (1916)
* ''Diamonds'' (1920)
* '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920)
* '' The Love Corridor'' (1921)
* '' Th ...
as Margit, ihre Tochter
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Paul Otto
Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in ...
as John Vaugham
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Harry Liedtke
Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor.
Early life
Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...
as William Jeffries
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Hermann Thimig
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.
Biography
Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and ...
as Fred Hastings, sein Freund
References
External links
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Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
UFA GmbH films
German drama films
1921 drama films
German black-and-white films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
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