''The Giant's Fist'' (German: ''Die Faust des Riesen'') is a 1917 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Rudolf Biebrach Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...

and starring

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

and

Johannes Riemann Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) was a German actor and film director. Riemann was a member of the Nazi Party.Ernst Klee (2007) ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Ver ...

.Kreimeier p.37 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 ...

Ludwig Kainer Ludwig Kainer (28 June 1885 – 25 April 1967) was a German graphic artist, draftsman, painter, illustrator, film architect and costume designer. Early life Kainer was born in Munich. He studied medicine before turning to art. During a sta ...

Cast

In alphabetical order *

as Gehrke * Herr Kaufmann as Malte von Malchow *

as Martina von Brake *

Auguste Pünkösdy Auguste Pünkösdy (1890–1967) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Soister p.46 Selected filmography * ''The Giant's Fist'' (1917) * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * '' Circus Saran'' (1935) * '' Little Mother'' (1935) * '' Vienna 1910'' (1943) * '' La ...

as Gustava von Klützkow *

as Leutnant Wend von Brake * Herr Schmelzer as Runzelnick *

Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...

as Diether von Brake * Anna Elisabeth Weihrauch as Hella

References

Bibliography

* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

* 1917 films Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Biebrach 1917 drama films Films based on German novels German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1910s German films Films scored by Giuseppe Becce 1910s German-language films German-language drama films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub