The Beaver Coat (1928 film)

The Beaver Coat
German	Der Biberpelz
Directed by	Erich Schönfelder
Written by	Fanny Carlsen Willy Haas
Based on	The Beaver Coat by Gerhart Hauptmann
Starring	Ralph Arthur Roberts Lucie Höflich Wolfgang von Schwindt
Cinematography	Friedrich Weinmann
Music by	Pasquale Perris
Production company	Deutsche Film Union
Distributed by	Deutsche First National Pictures
Release date	9 March 1928 (1928-03-09)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Beaver Coat (German: Der Biberpelz) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Lucie Höflich and Wolfgang von Schwindt.^[1] It is based on Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Beaver Coat. It was made by the German subsidiary of First National Pictures. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Bruno Lutz and Franz Seemann.

Cast

• Ralph Arthur Roberts as Wehrhahn
• Lucie Höflich as Mrs. Wolff
• Wolfgang von Schwindt as Julian Wolff
• La Jana as Leontine
• Ilse Stobrawa as Adelheid
• Rudolf Biebrach as Rentier Krüger
• Josefine Dora as Krüger's wife
• Paul Henckels as Mothes
• Camilla von Hollay as Mothes's wife
• Max Maximilian as Wulkow
• Walter Formes as Dr. Fleischer
• Heinrich Gotho as Mittendorf
• Ernst Behmer as Glasenapp
• Harry Gondi as Gustav, Leontine's fiancé
• Ernst Pittschau

See also

• The Beaver Coat (1937 film)
• The Beaver Coat (1949 film)

References

1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 192. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

External links

• The Beaver Coat at IMDb