''Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life'' (german: Alfred von Ingelheims Lebensdrama) is a 1921 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
directed by
Erik Lund and starring
Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...
,
Maria Zelenka
Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was an Austrian film actress.Grange p.148
Selected filmography
* ''Alkohol'' (1919)
* ''Lola Montez'' (1919)
* '' The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920)
* '' The Blood of the Ancestors'' (1920)
* ''Alfred von Ingelheim's Dr ...
and
Hanni Weisse
Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942.
Biogra ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 74]
The film's
art direction was by
Siegfried Wroblewsky
Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace".
The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...
.
Cast
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Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...
as Alfred von Ingelheim
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Maria Zelenka
Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was an Austrian film actress.Grange p.148
Selected filmography
* ''Alkohol'' (1919)
* ''Lola Montez'' (1919)
* '' The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920)
* '' The Blood of the Ancestors'' (1920)
* ''Alfred von Ingelheim's Dr ...
as Backfisch
*
Hanni Weisse
Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942.
Biogra ...
as Hofdame
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Leopold von Ledebur
Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Carmen'' (1918)
* ''The Serenyi'' (1918)
* ''Midnight'' (1918)
* ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919)
* '' The Golden Lie'' (1919)
* '' T ...
as König
*
Vera Lessing
*
Frida Richard
Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916)
* '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916)
* '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917)
...
*
Fritz Richard
Fritz Richard (born Josef Richard Löwit; 17 November 1869 – 9 February 1933) was an Austrian actor and theatre director.
Fritz Richard was born as Josef Richard Löwit in Chotěboř, Austria-Hungary into a Jewish family.
Richard trained as ...
*
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 ...
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1921 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Erik Lund
German black-and-white films
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