''The Humble Man and the Chanteuse'' (German: ''Der Demütige und die Tänzerin'') is a 1925 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...
directed by
E. A. Dupont and starring
Lil Dagover,
Olga Limburg
Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...
and
Margarete Kupfer
Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress.
Partial filmography
* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915)
* '' Frau Eva'' (1916)
* '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916)
* '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917 ...
. It was based on a novel by
Felix Hollaender
Felix Hollaender (1 November 1867 – 29 May 1931) was a German writer, critic, dramaturge and theatre director. At one point he worked as a stage producer with his friend Max Reinhardt.
Life
Felix Hollaender was born in Leobschütz (as Głubc ...
.
The film's
art direction was by
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
Cast
*
Lil Dagover as Toni Seidewitz
*
Olga Limburg
Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...
as Trude Wessely
*
Margarete Kupfer
Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress.
Partial filmography
* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915)
* '' Frau Eva'' (1916)
* '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916)
* '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917 ...
as Frau von Bülow
*
Hans Mierendorff
Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' A Night of Horror'' (1916)
* '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916)
* '' Hilde Warren und der Tod' ...
as manufacturer Liesegang
*
Georg Baselt
*
Paul Bildt
Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''Devil in Silk'' (1956)
* '' Ich suche D ...
as Liesegang's servant
*
Gertrud de Lalsky
Gertrud de Lalsky (27 January 1878 in Danzig – 16 September 1958 in Berlin) was a German actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Catherine the Great'' (1920)
* ''Hypnosis'' (1920)
* ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922)
* ''The Island of Tears'' (1923)
* ''Pra ...
as Professor Müller-Osten
*
Karl Elzer
*
Robert Garrison
*
Harry Halm
Harry Halm (born Harry Hermann Hahn; 17 January 1901 – 22 November 1980) was a German film actor.
He was the son of director Alfred Halm and took acting lessons with Eduard von Winterstein and Hermann Vallentin. He began his stage career in 191 ...
as Prinz
*Martin Kettner as theater agent
*
Arnold Korff
Arnold Peter Kirsch-Korff (2 August 1870 – 2 June 1944) was an Austrian-born American Hollywood actor and director. He appeared in a number of German and Austrian films before moving to the United States and resuming his career in America. He m ...
as intendant
*Eberhard Leithoff as The Humble / Bandleader
*
Adolf E. Licho
*
Harald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954.
Career
Paulsen first appeared on stage at age sixteen. He then studied under from Leopold Jessner, ...
*
Louis Ralph
Louis Ralph (born Ludwig Josef Musik; 17 August 1878 – September 1952) was an Austrian film actor and director.
He was born Ludwig Musik in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Berlin at age 68.
Selected filmography
* ''D ...
as Raimondi, doctor
*
Hans Sternberg as variety director Pullmann
References
External links
*
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by E. A. Dupont
Terra Film films
German black-and-white films
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