The Motorist Bride
The Motorist Bride (German: Die Motorbraut) is a 1925 German silent romance film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Mierendorff, Lee Parry and Ernst Hofmann. The film is notable for the use of Lilian Harvey as a stunt double for Parry during the mountaineering scenes shot in Switzerland.[1] Harvey quickly graduated to become the top star of Richard Eichberg's production company.
| The Motorist Bride | |
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| German | Die Motorbraut |
| Directed by | Richard Eichberg |
| Written by | James Cox Helmuth Orthmann |
| Produced by | Richard Eichberg |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Erich Grimmler Heinrich Gärtner |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Süd-Film |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin on 22 January 1925.[2] The film's art direction is by Jacek Rotmil.
Cast
- Hans Mierendorff as Johann Amberg
- Lee Parry as Eva, his daughter
- Ernst Hofmann as Hans von Corell
- Angelo Ferrari as Frank Bruhn
- Sinaida Korolenko as Lili
- Max Grünberg as Heinz Ellhof
- Erwin van Roy as Gottlieb Daffke
- Hans Stürm as Gustav Briese
- Margarete Kupfer as Marta
- Gerhard Ritterband as Max
- Lilian Harvey as Eva (Stunt Double)
References
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 186. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
- Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 190. ISBN 081085967X.
Bibliography
- Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 156639984X.
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