''Victim of Society'' (German: ''Opfer der Gesellschaft'') is a 1919 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

Willy Grunwald Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ...

and starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laugh ...

and

Kurt Brenkendorf Kurt Brenkendorf (born Benno Kurt Bockenheuser; 13 June 1882 – 10 September 1944) was a German stage and film actor.Grange p.256 Selected filmography *''The Mexican'' (1918) * '' Victim of Society'' (1919) * ''The Prisoner'' (1920) * '' Deceive ...

.Jung & Schatzberg p.204 Originally shot in 1918, the film was not released until 1919. It is now considered a

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Cast

as Prosecutor Chrysander * Vilma Born-Junge as Martha Bellina, seine Mutter *

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as Chrysanders Verlobte *

* Carl Wallauer

References

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Willy Grunwald 1919 drama films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films Lost German films Silent German drama films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub