''Vienna, How it Cries and Laughs'' (German: ''Wien, wie es weint und lacht'') is a 1926 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

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

and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Fritz Greiner, John Mylong, and Mady Christians.Bock & Bergfelder p.72 The film's art direction was by

Jacek Rotmil Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Follow ...

Cast

* Fritz Greiner as Leopold Gruber - Haus / Fuhrwerksbesitzer * John Mylong as Martin - sein Sohn * Mady Christians as Sefi - seine Tochter * Frida Richard as Die Großmutter *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film ''The Treasure (1923 film), The Treasu ...

as Pepi Gschwandtner - ein Oberkellner * Erich Kaiser-Titz as General Albrecht v. Wagher * Mary Nolan as Adele - seine Tochter *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...

as Hofrat Anton Hutter * Werner Pittschau as Leutnant Otto Hutter - dessen Sohn * Julius Falkenstein as Rittmeister Graf Kollodat *

Paul Biensfeldt Paul Biensfeldt (4 March 1869 – 2 April 1933) was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 stage actor, stage and film actor. Sele ...

as Schöllerer - Wagenwäscher * Max Menden as Der Bursche des Generals * Wilhelm Diegelmann as Ein dicker Gast

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films based on works by Ludwig Anzengruber Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein Films directed by Rudolf Dworsky Films set in Vienna German black-and-white films Films scored by Felix Bartsch {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub