Spring Awakening (1929 film)
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| Directed by | Richard Oswald |
| Screenplay by | Friedrich Raff Herbert Rosenfeld |
| Based on | Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind |
| Produced by | Liddy Hegewald Richard Oswald |
| Starring | Mathilde Sussin Toni van Eyck Paul Henckels Carl Balhaus |
| Cinematography | Eduard Hoesch |
| Music by | Walter Ulfig |
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| Distributed by | Hegewald Film |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Spring Awakening (German: Frühlingserwachen) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Mathilde Sussin, Toni van Eyck and Paul Henckels. It is an adaptation of the play of the same title by Frank Wedekind.[1] It is part of the cycle of Enlightenment films made during the Weimar era.
Cast
[edit]- Mathilde Sussin as Frau Bergmann
- Toni van Eyck as Wendla, her daughter
- Paul Henckels as Bürovorsteher Stiefel
- Carl Balhaus as Moritz, his son
- Rolf von Goth as Melchior Gabor
- Ita Rina as Ilse
- Willy Clever as the painter Fahrendorf
- Valy Arnheim as the rector
- Fritz Rasp as the teacher Habebald
- Bernhard Goetzke as another teacher
- Sigi Hofer as Pedell
See also
[edit]- Spring Awakening (1924)
References
[edit]- ^ Prawer p.86
Bibliography
[edit]- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
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- German silent feature films
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- Films based on works by Frank Wedekind
- German films based on plays
- Films about juvenile sexuality
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- Remakes of Austrian films
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