''Christian Wahnschaffe'' is a 1920 German silent

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directed by Urban Gad and starring

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, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts ''World Ablaze'' (''Weltbrand'') in November 1920 and ''The Escape from the Golden Prison'' (''Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker'') in March 1921. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by

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. The film is extant, and was restored in 2018 by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert A. Dietrich.

Cast

Part 1: World Ablaze

Part 2: The Escape from the Golden Prison

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* * 1920 films 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Urban Gad German silent feature films 1920 drama films German drama films Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1921 drama films Silent drama films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub