German Empire,
1923, 50 min
Directed by:
Leopold JessnerCast:
Asta Nielsen, Albert Bassermann, Alexander Granach, Heinrich George, Erwin Biswanger, Julius Falkenstein, Anton PointnerPlots(1)
There's something stunning about the list of filmmakers contributing to the adaptation of Wedekind's play - not the numbers, but the prestige: incomparable Asta Nielsen starring as a prostitute, screenwriter and the spiritual father of German expressionism Carl Mayer, and director Leopold Jessner, who participated on key film and theatre interpretations of this style. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
Asta Nielsen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
Hamlet (1921)
Crown of Thorns (1923)
Albert Bassermann
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Madame Curie (1943)
Alexander Granach
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nosferatu (1922)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Comradeship (1931)
Heinrich George
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Kolberg (1945)
Berlin-Alexanderplatz - Die Geschichte Franz Biberkopfs (1931)
Erwin Biswanger
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Julius Falkenstein
German Empire
Best movies:
Fair People (1930)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Anton Pointner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Der große König (1942)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)