Herkules Maier is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Claire Rommer and Ida Perry.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arthur Schwarz and Julius von Borsody. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.
| Herkules Maier | |
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| Directed by | Alexander Esway |
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| Produced by | Reinhold Schünzel |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Willy Goldberger |
| Music by | Artur Guttmann |
Production company | Reinhold Schünzel Film |
| Distributed by | Parufamet |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Synopsis
editA travelling salesman and his wife are expecting their first baby. He tries various schemes to raise money to support them both.
Cast
edit- Reinhold Schünzel as Stadtreisender Herkules Maier
- Claire Rommer as Maria, seine Frau
- Ida Perry as Schwiegermutter
- Sophie Pagay
- Ellen Plessow
- Ernst Behmer
- Julius E. Herrmann
- Albert Paulig
- Ferry Sikla
- Eugen Burg
- Max Ehrlich
- Lydia Potechina
- Gertl Grossmann
- Carl Geppert
- Rosa Valetti as Wirtin
- Ludwig Stössel
- Carla Bartheel
- Hugo Werner-Kahle
- Sig Arno
- Maria Kamradek
- Paul Westermeier
- Lydia Newerowskaja
- Arthur Schwarz
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.434
Bibliography
edit- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.
External links
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