The Black Forest Girl (1920 film)

The Black Forest Girl (German: Schwarzwaldmädel) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Arthur Wellin and starring Uschi Elleot, Gustav Charle and Carl Neisser. The film is based on the 1917 operetta of the same title, composed by Leon Jessel with a libretto by August Neidhart. It is one of a number of adaptations that have been made.[1]

The Black Forest Girl
Directed byArthur Wellin
Written byRobert Heymann
Based onThe Black Forest Girl by August Neidhart
StarringUschi Elleot
Gustav Charle
Carl Neisser
CinematographyErnest Plhak
Production
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Luna-Film
Release date
  • 22 July 1920 (1920-07-22)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

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References

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  1. ^ Ludewig p.187

Bibliography

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  • Ashkenazi, Ofer. Anti-Heimat Cinema: The Jewish Invention of the German Landscape. University of Michigan Press, 2020.
  • Ludewig, Alexandra. Screening Nostalgia: 100 Years of German Heimat Film. transcript Verlag, 2014.
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