William Tell (1923 film)
Appearance
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German | Wilhelm Tell |
Directed by | Rudolf Dworsky Rudolf Walther-Fein |
Written by | Willy Rath |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Guido Seeber |
Production company | Althoff-Ambos-Film |
Distributed by | Aafa-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Weimar Republic |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell) is a 1923 German silent adventure film directed by Rudolf Dworsky and Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt, and Erich Kaiser-Titz. The film portrays the story of the legendary Swiss national hero William Tell. The sets were designed by Rudi Feld.[1] It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
Cast
[edit]- Hans Marr as Wilhelm Tell
- Conrad Veidt as Hermann Gessler
- Erich Kaiser-Titz as Emperor Albrecht I
- Emil Rameau as Chancellor
- Fritz Kampers as Rudolf the Harra
- Hermann Vallentin as Wolffenschießen
- Josef Peterhans as Landenberger
- Erna Morena as Berta von Bruneck
- Käthe Haack as Agi, her partner
- Max Gülstorff as Attinghausen
- Johannes Riemann as Ulrich von Rudenz
- Xenia Desni as Hedwig Tell
- Otto Gebühr as Heinrich von Melchthal
- Theodor Becker as Konrad Baumgarten
- Carl Ebert as Arnold von Melchthal (as Karl Ebert)
- Grete Reinwald as Armgard Baumgarten, his wife
- Eduard von Winterstein as Stauffacher
- Robert Leffler as Rösselmann, Father
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Uri's bull
- Agnes Straub as Stauffacherin
- Willi Müller as Walter, Tell's son
- Hans Peter Peterhans as Wilhelm, Tell's boy
See also
[edit]- William Tell (1934 film), also with Hans Marr and Conrad Veidt
References
[edit]- ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. ISBN 0857455656. [page needed]
External links
[edit]- William Tell at IMDb
Categories:
- 1923 films
- 1920s historical adventure films
- German historical adventure films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Rudolf Dworsky
- Films directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein
- Films set in Switzerland
- Films set in the 14th century
- Cultural depictions of William Tell
- German black-and-white films
- Silent historical adventure films
- 1920s German films
- 1920s German-language films
- 1920s German film stubs
- Silent adventure film stubs