The Blood of the Ancestors (German: Das Blut der Ahnen) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Karl Gerhardt and starring Robert Scholz, Harald Paulsen, and Lil Dagover.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of Decla-Bioscop in Berlin.[2] The film's art direction was by Hermann Warm.
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Directed by | Karl Gerhardt |
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Produced by | Erich Pommer |
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Cinematography | Willy Hameister |
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Distributed by | Decla-Bioscop |
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Country | Germany |
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Cast
edit- Robert Scholz as Fürst Kasimir Schwijski
- Harald Paulsen as Jan Schwijski, der Sohn
- Lil Dagover as Fürstin Wanda Lubowiczka
- Lili Alexandra as Princesin Elisabeth
- Josef Rehberger as Graf Rimanski
- Maria Zelenka as Marja
- Jaro Fürth as Dr. Swedrowski
References
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edit- Jacobsen, Wolfgang. Babelsberg: das Filmstudio. Argon, 1994.
- Jung, Uli; Schatzberg, Walter (1999). Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-156-1.