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Photograph: courtesy Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
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Pest in Florenz
(Plague in Florence)
Also known as La peste à Florence in France
(1919) Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Otto Rippert
Cast: Theodor Becker [Franziskus, einsiedler (a hermit)], Marga Kierska [Julia, kurtisane (courtesan)], Julietta Brandt [die pest (the plague)], Otto Mannstaedt [Cesare, der Machthaber von Florenz (the ruler of Florence)], Anders Wikmann [Lorenzo, Cesares sohn (Caesar’s son)], Karl Bernard [Lorenzos vertrauter (Lorenzo’s familiar)], Franz Knaak [kardinal (the cardinal)], Erner Hübsch [mönch (a monk)], Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg [Julias erste Bedienerin (Julia’s first operator)], Hans Walter [Julias vertrauter (Julia’s familiar)], Erich Bartels [Narr]
Decla-Film production. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Fritz Lang, from the short story “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe. Set design by Hermann Warm, Franz Jaffé, Walter Reimann and Walter Röhrig. Cinematography by Willy Hameister and Emil Schünemann [?] + [Carl Hoffmann]? / Released 23 October 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Finland on 23 October 1921.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Keywords: Italy: Florence
Listing updated: 20 December 2023.
References: Jensen-Lang pp. 12, 16, 205; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : Website-Filmportal; Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc.
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