Comedy of the Heart

Comedy of the Heart
Directed by Rochus Gliese
Produced by Erich Pommer
Written by Sophie Hoechstetter (novella Maskenball des Herzens)
F.W. Murnau
Rochus Gliese
Starring Lil Dagover
Nigel Barrie
Alexander Murski
Ruth Weyher
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography Theodor Sparkuhl
Production
company
Distributed by Universum Film AG
Release date
30 September 1924
Country Germany
Language Silent
German intertitles

Comedy of the Heart (German:Komödie des Herzens) is a 1924 German silent romance film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Lil Dagover, Nigel Barrie and Alexander Murski. It premiered at the Tauentzienpalast in Berlin on 30 September 1924.[1] It was based on a novella by Sophie Hoechstetter. The film was one of UFA's major releases of the 1923-1925 boom period.[2] It was made at the Babelsberg Studio.

Cast

References

  1. Hart p.230
  2. Kreimeier121-122

Bibliography

  • Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
  • Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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