''Lightning'' (German:''Wetterleuchten'') is a 1925 German silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Rudolf Walther-Fein Rudolf Walther-Fein (20 November 1875 – 1 May 1933) was an Austrian film director and producer of the Silent and early sound era. He directed the first full sound film to be released in Germany ''It's You I Have Loved'' in 1929.Kreimeier p.182 ...

.Grange p.195 The film's

art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...

was by

Botho Hoefer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ' ...

and

Bernhard Schwidewski Bernhard Schwidewski (1885–1966) was a German art director.Hardt p.234 Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * ''The Dice Game of Life'' (1925) * ''Lightning'' (1925) * '' Gretchen Schubert ...

Cast

In alphabetical order *

Victor Colani Victor Max Colani (30 October 1895 – 25 November 1957) was a German actor. He was born in Zittau and died in The Hague, Netherlands. Selected filmography * '' Der vergiftete Strom'' (1921) * '' Lightning Command'' (1921) * ''The Poisoned Stream ...

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 ...

Lia Eibenschütz Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985) was a German actress. She was married to the actor Kurt Vespermann with whom she had a son Gerd Vespermann who also became an actor. Selected filmography * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) * ''The Legend of Holy Si ...

* Kara Guhl * Oscar Marion *

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) * ...

Alphons Schünemann Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1925 films 1925 drama films German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein German silent feature films German black-and-white films Silent drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub