The Dancer Barberina (German: Die Tänzerin Barberina) is a 1920 German silent historical drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lyda Salmonova, Otto Gebühr, and Harry Liedtke.[1] Part of the group of Prussian films of the Weimar and Nazi eras, it portrays the relationship between Frederick the Great and the dancer Barberina Campanini in eighteenth century Prussia. Gebühr starred as Frederick in another film on the subject, The Dancer of Sanssouci (1932).
| The Dancer Barberina | |
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| German | Die Tänzerin Barberina |
| Directed by | Carl Boese |
| Written by | Adolf Paul |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
Production company | Primus Film |
Release date |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Stern.
Cast
edit- Lyda Salmonova as Tänzerin Barberina Campanini
- Otto Gebühr as Friedrich II
- Harry Liedtke as dance teacher Fossano
- Reinhold Schünzel as Prince von Carignan
- Rosa Valetti as Frau Campanini
- Julius Falkenstein as Argenson
- Paul Hartmann as Sohn von Lord Stuart
- Giorgio de Giorgetti as King Louis XV of France
- Paul Czimeg as Kammerdiener Friedr. Michaelis
- Franz Groß as Bachelier, Kammerdiener
- Grete Hollmann as Crichton's daughter
- Ludwig Rex as Reeder Josuah Crichton
- Max Ruhbeck as Lord Stuart
- Emil Stammer
References
edit- ^ Hake, Sabine (1992). Passions and Deceptions: The Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch. Princeton University Press. p. 47. ISBN 0691031975.
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