The Merry Farmer (1927 film)
The Merry Farmer (German: Der fidele Bauer) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Carmen Boni, Werner Krauss and S.Z. Sakall.[1] It is based on the 1907 operetta of the same title. A 1951 film adaptation was also made.
| The Merry Farmer | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | |
| Directed by | Franz Seitz |
| Produced by | Klaus Fery |
| Written by | Viktor Léon (libretto) Charlie Roellinghoff Klaus Fery |
| Starring | Carmen Boni Werner Krauss S.Z. Sakall |
| Music by | Leo Fall |
| Cinematography | Eduard Hoesch Giovanni Vitrotti |
Production company | Fery-Film |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 10 November 1927 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent German intertitles |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.
Cast
In alphabetical order
- Achmed Beh
- Carmen Boni as Spreewälderin
- Hans Brausewetter
- Ivy Close
- Harry Frank
- Werner Krauss as Bauer Mathäus Reuther
- André Nox as Prof. von Grumow
- Leo Peukert
- S.Z. Sakall as Dorfpolizist
- Simone Vaudry
- Peter Voß
- Mathias Wieman as Sohn Stephan Reuther
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p.197
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- The Merry Farmer at IMDb
- "Der fidele Bauer". murnau-stiftung.de (in German). Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.