''Tragedy'' (German: ''Tragödie'') is a 1925 German silent
drama film
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directed by
Carl Froelich
Carl August Hugo Froelich (5 September 1875 – 12 February 1953) was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin.
Biography
Apparatus builder and cameraman
From 1903 Froelich was a colleague of Oskar Messter, one of ...
and starring
Walter Janssen
Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* '' The Dancer'' (1919)
* ''Destiny'' (1921)
* ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...
,
Henny Porten
Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955.
Biography
Frieda Ulrick ...
and Annemarie Winkler.Bock & Bergfelder p.138
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 ...
Franz Schroedter
Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212
Selected filmography
* '' The Black Count'' (1920)
* ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921)
* ''The New Paradise'' (1921)
* '' The Queen of Whitechapel ...
.
Cast
*
Walter Janssen
Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* '' The Dancer'' (1919)
* ''Destiny'' (1921)
* ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...
as Graf Tamar
*
Henny Porten
Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955.
Biography
Frieda Ulrick ...
as Gräfin Maria Tamar
* Annemarie Winkler as Komtesse Monica, beider Töchterchen
*
Lina Lossen
Lina Lossen (born Caroline Elisabeth Lossen; 7 October 1878 – 30 January 1959) was a German stage and film actress.Soister p.55
Selected filmography
* '' Peer Gynt'' (1919)
* '' The Forbidden Way'' (1920)
* ''Miss Julie'' (1922)
* '' Love's Fin ...
as Komtesse Antonie Tamar, Schwester des Grafen
*
Robert Scholz
Robert Scholz (23 April 1886 – 10 October 1927) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1919 and 1928. He was born in Germany and died in Berlin.
Selected filmography
* ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) ...
as Jean Guiscard, Dichter
* Robert Garrison as Pickart, Verleger
*
Eberhard Leithoff Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.
People
First name
*Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
* Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian
*Eberhard I, D ...