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Wie Einst im Mai

Synopsis
Silent feature film. A romantic family saga which includes scenes from both a stage and film production of Romeo and Juliet.
Country
Germany
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Silent
Year of release
1926
Duration
97 mins; 8743 feet
Availability
No archive copy found (9/2007).

Credits

Director
Wilhelm Wolff
Producer
Ellen Richter
Cinematographer
Axel Graatkjaar
Screenplay
Robert Liebmann; Wilhelm Wolff
Music
Artur Guttmann; Werner Richard Heymann
Costume
Paul Leni
Art Direction
Paul Leni
Cast
Karl HarbacherRomeo
Trude HesterbergJuliet
Adolf KleinBaron de la Roche
Ellen RichterEugenie de la Roche
Paul HeidemannFriedrich Wilhelm Kietz
Walter RillaFred W. Kietz

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Romeo and Juliet
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Source: Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 271, 375). Shakespeare Film, ed. Max Lippman. Deutsches Institut fur Filmkunde, Wiesbaden, 1964 (Wiesbaden brochure).

Production Company

Name

Ellen Richter-Film

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