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Die Weber
(The Weavers)
Also known as Los tejedores in Argentina; Væverne in Denmark; Les tisserands in France; Veverne in Norway; Den stora strejken in Sweden
(1927) Germany
B&W : [?] Nine? reels
Directed by Friedrich Zelnik (Frederic Zelnik)

Cast: Paul Wegener [Fabrikant Dreißiger], Valeska Stock [Frau Dreißiger], Hermann Picha [Baumert], Hertha von Walther [Emma, dessen tochter], Camilla von Hollay [Bertha, dessen tochter], Arthur Kraußneck (Arthur Kraussneck) [der alte Hilse], Hans Heinrich von Twardowski [Gottfried Hilse, sein sohn], Dagny Servaes [Luise Hise, dessen frau], Wilhelm Dieterle (William Dieterle) [Moritz Jäger], Theodor Loos [Bäcker], Georg John [Ansorge], Georg Burghardt [Pastor Kittelhaus], Hanne Brinkmann [Frau Kittelhaus], Julius Brandt [Neumann], Emil Lind [Expedient Pfeiffer], Hans Stemberg [Gendarm Kutsche], Willy Kruszinski [polizeimeister], Emil Biron [König Friedrich Wilhelm IV], Georg Gartz, Lya Mara

Zelnik-Film production; distributed by Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat [DLS]. / Produced by Friedrich Zelnik (Frederic Zelnik). Scenario by Willy Haas and Fanny Carlsen, from the play Die Weber by Gerhart Hauptmann. Art direction by Andrej Andrejew. Painter, George Grosz. Hair stylist, Paul Dannenberg. Cinematography by Frederik Fuglsang and Friedrich Weinmann. / Released 14 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Austria as Die Weber by Philipp & Company in 1927. The film was released in Finland on 10 November 1927. The film was released in the USA on 5 October 1929. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 15 October 2024.

References: Bardèche-History p. 254 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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