''Za La Mort'' (german: Der Traum der Zalavie, it, Il sogno di Za la Vie) is a 1924 German-Italian silent

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directed by

Emilio Ghione Emilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione (30 July 1879 – 7 January 1930), known as Emilio Ghione, was an Italian silent film actor, director and screenwriter. Ghione was best known for writing, directing, and starring in the Za La Mort series ...

and starring Ghione, Fern Andra and

Magnus Stifter Magnus Stifter (23 January 1878 – 8 September 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1914 and 1941. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Vienna, Austria. Selected filmograp ...

. It is part of a series of silent films featuring the

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Za La Mort.Burke p. 61

Cast

* Fern Andra as Schauspielerin Perla Cristal / Prinzessin Perla *

as Maler Prof. Antonio Butty / Zalamort *

as Bildhauer Prof. Rudens / König Jaromir der Finstere * Henry Sze as Geheimsekretär Hatsuma *

Kally Sambucini Kally Sambucini (1892–1969) was an Italian film actress, known for playing the female sidekick Za La Vie in the Za La Mort series of action films alongside Emilio Ghione.Moliterno p.341 Selected filmography * '' The Rose of Granada'' (1916) ...

as Maja / Zalavie *

Ernst Rückert Anton Ernst Rückert (20 December 1886 – 3 September 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an eng ...

as Der verbannte Prinz *

Robert Scholz Robert Scholz (23 April 1886 – 10 October 1927) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1919 and 1928. He was born in Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) ...

References

Bibliography

*Burke, Frank. ''A Companion to Italian Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

External links

* 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Italian silent feature films Films directed by Emilio Ghione German black-and-white films 1920s action films German action films Italian action films National Film films 1920s German films 1920s Italian films Silent action films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub