''Women's Sacrifice'' (German: ''Frauenopfer'') is a 1922 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized 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) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by

Karl Grune Karl Grune (22 January 1890 – 2 October 1962) was an Austrian film director and writer who made many silent films in the 1920s. Grune was born into a Jewish familySiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German ...

and starring

Henny Porten Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955. Biography Frieda Ulrick ...

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...

and Albert Bassermann.Parish & Canham p.136 It was adapted from the play by Georg Kaiser. The film's sets were designed by

Paul Leni Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi; 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making '' Hintertreppe'' (1921) and '' Waxworks'' (1924) in Germany, and '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), '' ...

Cast

as Maria, Frau des Malers *

as Maler * Albert Bassermann as Graf *

Ludwig Rex Ludwig Rex (1 January 1888 – 29 September 1979) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 55 films between 1918 and 1927. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in London. Selected filmography * ''Totenkopfreiter'' (1917 ...

as Verwalter *

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) * ...

as Verwalter *

Edgar Klitzsch Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, rev ...

as Kunsthändler * Adolf E. Licho as Alter Boheme

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish & Kingsley Canham. ''Film Directors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976.

External links

* 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films based on works by Georg Kaiser Films directed by Karl Grune German silent feature films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub