Shadows of the Metropolis

Shadows of the Metropolis
Directed by	Willi Wolff
Written by	Robert Liebmann Willi Wolff
Produced by	Willi Wolff
Starring	Ellen Richter Alfred Gerasch Walter Janssen
Cinematography	Axel Graatkjær
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Ellen Richter Film
Distributed by	UFA.
Release date	16 November 1925 (1925-11-16)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Shadows of the Metropolis (German:Schatten der Weltstadt) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Alfred Gerasch and Walter Janssen.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. The film survives and has been restored by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation.

Cast

• Ellen Richter as Olly Bernard
• Alfred Gerasch as Henry Bernard, Ihr Mann
• Walter Janssen as Felix Granier
• Frida Richard as Graniers Mutter
• Philipp Manning as Minister
• Robert Garrison as Emil, genannt Eierkopf
• Harald Paulsen as Boxer Karl
• Adolf Klein as Der Gerichtspräsident
• Hugo Werner-Kahle as Prosecutor
• Karl Platen as Diener bei Bernard

References

1. Grange p.209

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• Shadows of the Metropolis at IMDb