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4 results found for '"Werner Krauß"' in Person.
Sommernachtstraum, Ein (1925 Film)
aka: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Wood Love Heiteres Fastnachtsspeil, Ein
- Director
- Hans Neumann
- Producer
- Hans Neumann
Feature film which appears to have combined great charm and ribaldry. Ball, summarising contemporary reviews, writes: ‘Theseus was shown at the telephone, Amazons and Athenians moved into battle to the...
Kaufmann von Venedig, Der (1923 Film)
aka: Shylock, Der Jude von Venedig Jew of Mestri, The
- Director
- Peter Paul Felner
- Producer
- Peter Paul Felner
Feature film in theory based on Shakespeare’s own sources for The Merchant of Venice but in practice partly Shakespeare and partly director Felner’s invention. Werner Krauss is Shylock.
Alte Gesetz, Das (1923 Film)
aka: Baruch Ancient Law, The
- Director
- Ewald André Dupont
Feature film. In nineteenth-century Austria, a young Jew leaves the ghetto to become an actor. He eventually becomes famous and is reunited with his disapproving Rabbi father. Ernst Deutsch, as the Jew...
Othello (1922 Film)
aka: Moor, The
- Director
- Dimitri Buchowetzki
- Producer
- Paul Blumenthal
A version of the play, based on both Cinthio’s original tale and Shakespeare’s play, with echoes of Reinhardt and Expressionism. Emil Jannings is Othello.