''Triumph of Love'' (German: ''Ich lebe für Dich'') is a 1929 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
William Dieterle
William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...
and starring Dieterle,
Lien Deyers
Lien Deyers (formerly Nicolina Dijjers Spanier, born Nicolina Spanier; 5 November 1909 – after March 1982) was a Dutch actress based in Germany.
Early life
Lien Deyers was born Nicolina Spanier in Amsterdam on 5 November 1909, the daughter of N ...
and
Olaf Fønss
Olaf Holger Axel Fønss (17 October 1882 – 11 March 1949) was a Danish actor, director, producer, film censor and one of Denmark and Germany's biggest stars of the silent film era.
Career
Fønss' leading role in the 1913 Danish classic ...
.
[Bocl & Bergfelder p.90] It was made by the German branch of
Universal Pictures
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and 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 ...
in
Berlin
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and
on location in
Arosa
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, twintowns = Fukumitsu (Japan)
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in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and the
Spree Forest in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
. The film's
art direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
was by
Alfred Junge
Alfred Junge (29 January 1886, Görlitz, Silesia (now Saxony), Germany – 16 July 1964, London) was a German-born production designer who spent a large part of his career working in the British film industry.
Junge had wanted to be an artis ...
and
Max Knaake
Max Knaake (1886–1968) was a German art director.Greco p.186
Selected filmography
* ''La Boheme'' (1923)
* ''Curfew'' (1925)
* '' Battle of the Sexes'' (1926)
* '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927)
* '' Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928)
* '' The Sinner'' ( ...
.
Cast
*
William Dieterle
William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...
as Bergson
*
Lien Deyers
Lien Deyers (formerly Nicolina Dijjers Spanier, born Nicolina Spanier; 5 November 1909 – after March 1982) was a Dutch actress based in Germany.
Early life
Lien Deyers was born Nicolina Spanier in Amsterdam on 5 November 1909, the daughter of N ...
as Nicoline
*
Olaf Fønss
Olaf Holger Axel Fønss (17 October 1882 – 11 March 1949) was a Danish actor, director, producer, film censor and one of Denmark and Germany's biggest stars of the silent film era.
Career
Fønss' leading role in the 1913 Danish classic ...
as Fürst Wronsky
*
Erna Morena
Erna Morena (born Ernestine Maria Fuchs, 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962) was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951.
Biography
Ernestine Maria Fuchs was born in ...
as Fürstin Wronsky
*
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970.
Biography
Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858†...
as Flemming
References
Bibliography
* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books.
External links
*
1929 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by William Dieterle
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
Universal Pictures films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
Films shot in Switzerland
1929 drama films
German drama films
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