The Vulture Wally (German: Die Geierwally) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Albert Steinrück, Henny Porten and William Dieterle. The film is a bergfilm based on a novel by Wilhelmine von Hillern. It is a melodrama set in the Alps, and was one of Dupont's most successful films of the early 1920s.[1]
| The Vulture Wally | |
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 Scene from a film | |
| German | Die Geierwally |
| Directed by | Ewald André Dupont |
| Written by | Wilhelmine von Hillern (novel) Ewald André Dupont |
| Produced by | Hanns Lippmann Henny Porten |
| Starring | Albert Steinrück Henny Porten William Dieterle Eugen Klöpfer |
| Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann Arpad Viragh |
| Music by | Giuseppe Becce Bruno Schulz |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Cast
edit- Albert Steinrück as Stromminger
- Henny Porten as Wally
- William Dieterle as Der Bären-Joseph
- Eugen Klöpfer as Der Gellner-Vincenz
- Elise Zachow-Vallentin as Luckard
- Marie Grimm-Einödshofer as Die Obermagd
- Julius Brandt as Klettenmeyer
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Roferbauer sen.
- Gerd Fricke as Roferbauer jun.
- Grete Diercks as Afra
See also
edit- La Leggenda di Wally (1930)
- La Wally (1932, based on the opera)
- The Vulture Wally (1940)
- The Vulture Wally (1956)
References
edit- ^ Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008. p. 28.
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