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Pola Negri.
Frame enlargement: courtesy Kino Lorber.
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Die Bergkatze
(The Mountain Cat)
Also known as The Wildcat in the USA
(1921) Germany
B&W : Six reels / 5965 feet
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Pola Negri [Rischka], Paul Heidemann [Lieutenant Alexis], Viktor Janson [Fort Tossenstein commander], Marga Köhler [the commander’s wife], Edith Meller [Lilli, the commander’s daughter], Wilhelm Diegelmann [Claudius, the brigand leader], Herman Thimig [Popo], Paul Biensfeld [Dafko], Paul Grätz [Zofano], Max Kronert [Masillio], Erwin Kopp [Tripo], Fritz Rasp [a soldier]
Projektions Aktiengesellschaft Union-Film [PAGU] production; distributed by [?] Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]? / Scenario by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch. Set design by Ernst Stern and Max Gronert. Costume design by Ernst Stern. Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl. / Released 14 April 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy: Satire.
Survival status: Print exists in the Cineteca del Comune di Bologna film archive [35mm restoration negative, 35mm preservation positive].
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 2 July 2023.
References: Film viewing : Fell-History p. 119; Hake-Lubitsch p. 113; Shipman-Cinema p. 75 : Website-Bologna.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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