Der Herr der Liebe

Der Herr der Liebe
Der Herr der Liebe
	Film poster
Directed by	Fritz Lang
Written by	Leo Koffler
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Carl de Vogt; Gilda Langer
Cinematography	Carl Hoffmann
Distributed by	Helios Film
Release date	September 1919;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic
Languages	Silent film; German intertitles

Der Herr der Liebe (The Master of Love) is a 1919 romantic silent film directed in Germany by Fritz Lang. It was his second film. Carl de Vogt and Gilda Langer starred, as they had in Lang's debut feature, Halbblut. Lang himself is said to have acted in a supporting role.^[1]^[2]

The film is now considered to be lost.^[1]

Plot

Residing in a castle in the Carpathian Mountains, Hungarian nobleman Vasile Disecu becomes infatuated with Suzette, the daughter of his neighbor. He mistakes Stefana, a maid who is secretly in love with him, for Suzette and makes love to her. When Yvette, his wife^[3] or mistress,^[4] finds out, she avenges herself with a liaison with Lazar, a Jewish peddler. Vasile imprisons Lazar. He kills Yvette and then himself.

Cast

Carl de Vogt as Vasile Disecu
Gilda Langer as Yvette
Erika Unruh as Stefana
Max Narlinski as Lazar
Sadjah Gezza as Suzette

References

^ ^a ^b "Progressive Silent Film List: Der Herr der Liebe". Silent Era. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
^ Eisner, Lotte H. (1976). Fritz Lang. Da Capo Press. p. 24. ISBN 0306802716. Retrieved March 3, 2013. ... the director also took part as an actor (... he had acted in a number of films he had written himself, in Berlin)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Der Herr der Liebe". carldevogt.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
^ "Der Herr der Liebe". filmportal.de. Retrieved March 3, 2013., in German

External links

Der Herr der Liebe at IMDb
Der Herr der Liebe at the TCM Movie Database
Der Herr der Liebe at SilentEra
Der Herr der Liebe at AllMovie

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Der Herr der Liebe". Silent Era. Retrieved 2010-12-17.

[2] Eisner, Lotte H. (1976). Fritz Lang. Da Capo Press. p. 24. ISBN 0306802716. Retrieved March 3, 2013. ... the director also took part as an actor (... he had acted in a number of films he had written himself, in Berlin)^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Der Herr der Liebe". carldevogt.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.

[4] "Der Herr der Liebe". filmportal.de. Retrieved March 3, 2013., in German

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v t e Films directed by Fritz Lang
Filmography Bibliography
Silent films	Halbblut (1919) Der Herr der Liebe (1919) The Spiders, Part 1 (1919) Harakiri (1919) The Spiders, Part 2 (1920) The Wandering Image (1920) Four Around a Woman (1921) Destiny (1921) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924) Metropolis (1927) Spione (1928) Woman in the Moon (1929)
Sound films	M (1931) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) Liliom (1934) Fury (1936) You Only Live Once (1937) You and Me (1938) The Return of Frank James (1940) Western Union (1941) Man Hunt (1941) Hangmen Also Die! (1943) Ministry of Fear (1944) The Woman in the Window (1944) Scarlet Street (1945) Cloak and Dagger (1946) Secret Beyond the Door (1947) House by the River (1950) American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) Rancho Notorious (1952) Clash by Night (1952) The Blue Gardenia (1953) The Big Heat (1953) Human Desire (1954) Moonfleet (1955) While the City Sleeps (1956) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) The Indian Tomb (1959) The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

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