''The Wife of Forty Years'' (German: ''Die Frau von vierzig Jahren'') is a 1925

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silent

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directed by Richard Oswald and starring

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and

Sig Arno Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as '' Pardon My Sarong'' and '' The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as T ...

. The film's art direction was by

Paul Leni Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi; 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making '' Hintertreppe'' (1921) and '' Waxworks'' (1924) in Germany, and '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), '' ...

.Kasten & Loacker p.553

Cast

as die Frau *

as Er *

as Der Hausfreund *

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as Der Mann *

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as die Tochter

References

Bibliography

* Kasten, Jürgen & Loacker, Armin. ''Richard Oswald: Kino zwischen Spektakel, Aufklärung und Unterhaltung''. Verlag Filmarchiv Austria, 2005.

External links

* 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Richard Oswald German black-and-white films German drama films 1925 drama films Silent drama films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub