Theodor Herzl (film)

Theodor Herzl or Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People (German: Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes) is a 1921 Austrian silent drama film directed by Otto Kreisler and starring Ernst Bath, Rudolph Schildkraut and Joseph Schildkraut. It portrays the life of Theodor Herzl, the pioneer of modern Zionism.

Theodor Herzl
Directed by	Otto Kreisler
Written by	Heinrich Glücksmann
Starring	Ernst Bath Rudolph Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut Josef Schreiter
Music by	Josef Sulzer
Production company	Helios Film
Distributed by	Helios Film
Release date	1921 (1921)
Country	Austria
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Cast

• Ernst Bath as Theodor Herzl
• Rudolph Schildkraut as Das ringende Israel
• Joseph Schildkraut as Das leidende Israel
• Josef Schreiter as Prophet
• Rudolf Dietz as Dr. Samuel Goldblatt
• Else Osterheim as eine junge russische Jüdin
• Gita Lenart-Vago as eine spanische Jüdin
• Axel Plessen as russischer Gutsbesitzer
• Pippa Gettke as Altjüdische tänzerin
• Heinz Altringen as König von Spanien
• Ludwig Donath as Prinz Eugen
• Eugen Preiß as Pope Leo XIII
• James Battle as Sultan Abdulhamid II

Bibliography

• Baer, Nicholas The Rebirth of a Nation:Cinema, Herzlian Zionism, and Emotion in Jewish History. Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, Vol 59, 2014, pp. 233–248 at Academia.edu
• Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland & Company Incorporated Publishing, 2005
• George, Alys X. Hollywood on the Danube?: Vienna and Austrian Silent Film of the 1920s, p. 154 in Holmes, Deborah & Silverman, Lisa. Interwar Vienna: Culture Between Tradition and Modernity. Camden House, 2009 at the Internet Archive

External links

• The Wandering Jew: The Life of Theodor Herzl at The Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive
• Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes at IMDb