''The Curse of Silence'' (german: Der Fluch des Schweigens) is a 1922 German
silent drama film
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directed by
Felix Basch
Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director.
He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company UFA GmbH, U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of powe ...
and starring
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 ...
and
Arnold Korff
Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff (2 August 1870 – 2 June 1944) was an Austrian-born American Hollywood actor and director. He appeared in a number of German and Austrian films before moving to the United States and resuming his career in America. He m ...
.
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 ...
Hans Sohnle
Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs.
Selected filmography
* '' The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919)
* ''The Woman in Doctor's Garb ...
.
Cast
In alphabetical order
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Felix Basch
Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director.
He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company UFA GmbH, U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of powe ...
*Gretl Basch
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Ernst Gronau
Ernst Gronau (21 August 1887 – 10 August 1938) was a German stage, writer and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Prostitution'' (1919)
* '' Genuine'' (1920)
* '' Roswolsky's Mistress'' (1921)
* ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921)
* ''Mi ...
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Arnold Korff
Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff (2 August 1870 – 2 June 1944) was an Austrian-born American Hollywood actor and director. He appeared in a number of German and Austrian films before moving to the United States and resuming his career in America. He m ...
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Sophie Pagay
Sophie Berg Pagay (22 April 1860 – 23 January 1937) was an Austrian stage and film actress, born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. She began acting as a child, and went to Berlin to perform on stage in 1887. She married actor Hans Pagay.
Selected f ...
*Maria Peterson
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Hermann Picha
Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...
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Emil Rameau
Emil Rameau (born Emil Pulvermacher; 13 August 1878 – 9 September 1957) was a German film and theatre actor, and for many years the deputy artistic director at the Schiller Theater. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1949.
Lif ...
*Mizzi Schütz
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Lotte Stein
Lotte Stein (1894–1982) was a German actress of the stage and screen. Of Jewish descent, she fled to the United States via Czechoslovakia and Portugal, and arrived at the Port of New York on board the S/S ''Mouzinho'' in June 1941.
Selected fi ...
*Grete Steinlen
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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 ...
References
External links
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Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Felix Basch
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
UFA GmbH films
German drama films
1922 drama films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
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