Lützow's Wild Hunt (film)
Lützow's Wild Hunt (German: Lützows wilde verwegene Jagd) is a 1927 German silent war film.
| Lützow's Wild Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Richard Oswald |
| Produced by | Richard Oswald |
| Written by | Theodor Körner (poem) Max Jungk |
| Starring | Ernst Rückert Arthur Wellin Mary Kid Paul Bildt |
| Music by | Gustav Gold |
| Cinematography | Ewald Daub |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Richard-Oswald Film |
Release date | 21 February 1927 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent German intertitles |
The 1927 German silent war film was directed by Richard Oswald[1] and starring Ernst Rückert, Arthur Wellin and Mary Kid. The film's art direction was by Ernst Stern. It is part of the cycle of Prussian films and portrays the fight of Prussian troops under the command of Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow against the French during the Napoleonic Wars, commemorated in the poetry of Theodor Körner.
Cast
- Ernst Rückert as Theodor Körner
- Arthur Wellin as Major von Lützow
- Mary Kid as Toni Adamberger, Schauspielerin am Burgtheater
- Paul Bildt as Napoleon Bonaparte
- Wera Engels as Eleanore Prochaska, ein Bürgermädchen
- Gerd Briese as Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
- Sig Arno as Franz I of Austria
- Leopold von Ledebur as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Albert Steinrück as Ludwig van Beethoven
- Friedrich Kühne as Klemens von Metternich
- Harry Nestor as Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia
- Robert Hartberg as Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
- Carl Zickner as Joseph Fouché
- Eduard von Winterstein as Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
- Paul Marx as Hardenberg
- Eugen Jensen as Freiherr vom Stein
- Josef Karma as Direktor des Burgtheaters
- Hugo Döblin as Burgtheaterfaktotum
- Emil Sondermann as Schmierendirektor
- Theodor Burghardt
References
- Prawer p.207
Bibliography
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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