The Black Panther (1921 film)

The Black Panther
Directed by Johannes Guter
Produced by Erich Pommer
Written by Hans Janowitz
Johannes Guter
Based on a play
by Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Starring Yelena Polevitskaya
Xenia Desni
Eugen Burg
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Cinematography Paul Holzki
Production
company
Russo Film
Distributed by Decla-Bioscop
Release date
  • 14 October 1921 (1921-10-14)
Country Germany
Language Silent
German intertitles

The Black Panther (German: Die schwarze Pantherin) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Yelena Polevitskaya, Xenia Desni and Eugen Burg. The film was produced by Russo Film, a small production outfit associated with Decla-Bioscop, which had been set up to produce films based on literature.[1] The film was adapted from a play by Volodymyr Vynnychenko. It premiered on 14 October 1921 at a Decla cinema on the Unter den Linden.[2]

Cast

References

  1. Hardt p.52
  2. Hardt p.225

Bibliography

  • Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
  • Soroka, Mykola. Faces of Displacement: The Writings of Volodymyr Vynnychenko. McGill-Queen's Press, 2012.


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