''Victoria'' (German: ''Viktoria'') is a 1935 German

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directed by Carl Hoffmann and starring

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Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman (Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son of Carl Philipp A ...

and

Alfred Abel Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...

.The BFI companion to German cinema p.165 It is an adaptation of

Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, Point of view ...

's ''

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''. It was made at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Herlth and

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. It was shot on location in

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Main cast

as Viktoria *

as Johannes *

as Der Schloßherr *

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 Die Schloßherrin * Helmut Hoffmann as Ditlef *

Theodor Loos Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 – 27 June 1954) was a German actor. The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in L ...

as Der Kammerherr * Maria Seidler as Die Kammerherrin *

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as Otto *

Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The P ...

as Der Müller, Vater Johannes' *

Margarete Schön Margarete Schön (born Margarethe Schippang; 7 April 1895 – 26 December 1985) was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years. She is internationally recognized for her role as Kriemhild in director Fritz Lang's '' Di ...

as Die Müllerin, Mutter Johannes' *

Paul Bildt Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Devil in Silk'' (1956) * '' Ich suche D ...

as Professor

References

Bibliography

* Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. ''The BFI companion to German cinema''. British Film Institute, 1999. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1935 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1935 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Hoffmann Films based on Norwegian novels Films based on works by Knut Hamsun Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub