''The Yogi'' (German: ''Der Yoghi'') is a 1916 German silent

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directed by

Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese (6 January 1891 — 22 December 1978) was a German actor, director, production designer, and Academy Award-nominated art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He was born in Berlin. He is most remembered in the Uni ...

and

Paul Wegener Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema. Acting career At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and conce ...

and starring Wegener and

Lyda Salmonova Lyda Salmonova (born Ludmila Vilemina Anna Salmonova; 14 July 1889 – 18 November 1968) was a Czech stage and film actress who appeared primarily in German films. She was married to the actor Paul Wegener and appeared alongside him in a number o ...

. Isenberg, Noah William. ''Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era''.

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, 2009. p. 64. Wegener plays a double role as an

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and an Indian mystic. It was shot at the

Tempelhof Studios The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...

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. The film's sets were designed by Rochus Gliese.

Cast

as The Yogi / The Inventor *

as Myra *Hedwig Gutzeit *Fritz Huf as Gott Schiwa

References

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* Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Paul Wegener Films directed by Rochus Gliese Silent German drama films 1916 drama films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios Films about invisibility German black-and-white films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub