''Manolescu's Memoirs'' (German: ''Manolescus Memoiren'') is a 1920 German

silent film A silent film is a film without 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

Richard Oswald Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early life and career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, ...

and starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt ( , ; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German and British actor. He attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man ...

Erna Morena Erna Morena (born Ernestine Maria Fuchs, 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962) was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951. Biography Ernestine Maria Fuchs ...

and Lilli Lohrer.Rentschler The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Hans Dreier Hans Dreier (August 21, 1885 – October 24, 1966) was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950, when he was succeeded by Hal Pereira. Hans Dreier was born ...

Cast

as Manolescu *

as Diane von Montignan * Lilli Lohrer as Leonie, Portierstochter *

Hedda Vernon Hedda Vernon (born Hedwig Klara Kemp; 27 October 1888 – 1961) was a German actress, screenwriter, and film producer. She was a prominent star of the early Weimar Republic, and had her own film production company. Early life Hedwig Klara Kemp wa ...

as Cäcilie *

Hermann Wlach Hermann Wlach (11 August 1884 – 28 January 1962) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Born Armin Wlach in Vienna, he died in 1962 at age 77 in Zollikon Zollikon is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Meilen District in the cant ...

as Rudolf Berg, Oberkellner * Alfred Kuehne as der alte Manolescu *

Clementine Plessner Clementine Plessner (7 December 1855 – 27 February 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Plessner worked in the German film industry The film industry in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema made major ...

as Mutter Manolescu * Kathe Oswald as Inge *

Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster (30 October 1884 – 25 October 1968) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1914 and 1968. His autobiography ''Das Spiel, mein Leben'' was published by Propyläen Verlag in 1967. He was born in Gr ...

as Alfons, deren Verlobter *

Adele Sandrock Adele Sandrock (; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars. Early life Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the daughter of the German ...

as Gräfin Anastasia Worutzky * Robert Scholtz as Geheimpolizist Schröder * Preben J. Rist as Herr im Pyjama

References

Bibliography

* Eric Rentschler. ''German Film & Literature''. Routledge, 2013.

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* 1920 films 1920s biographical films 1920s crime comedy films German biographical films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Richard Oswald German silent feature films German crime comedy films German heist films Films about con artists Biographical films about criminals Films set in the 1890s Films set in the 1900s German black-and-white films 1920 comedy films Silent crime comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language crime comedy films {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub

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