The White Peacock (film)
Appearance
The White Peacock | |
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Directed by | Ewald André Dupont |
Written by |
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Produced by | Hanns Lippmann |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann |
Production company | Gloria-Film |
Distributed by | UFA |
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Country | Germany |
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The White Peacock (German: Der weisse Pfau) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Guido Herzfeld, Hans Mierendorff and Karl Platen. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Leni, Robert A. Dietrich and Otto Moldenhauer
Synopsis
[edit]Its plot follows an upper-class theatregoer who falls in love with a gypsy dancer at a music hall in the East End of London, a frequent scenario of Dupont's films at the time.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Guido Herzfeld
- Hans Mierendorff
- Karl Platen
- Adolf E. Licho
- Grit Hegesa
- Emil Rameau
- Robert Scholz
- Lore Sello
References
[edit]- ^ Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.28
Bibliography
[edit]- Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945.University of California Press, 1999.
External links
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Categories:
- 1920 films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- 1920 drama films
- Silent German drama films
- Films directed by E. A. Dupont
- Films set in London
- German black-and-white films
- UFA GmbH films
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- 1920s German films
- 1920s German-language films
- 1920s drama film stubs
- Silent German film stubs