The Joker (1928 film)

The Joker
Official Poster from 1928 by Palle Wennerwald
German	Jokeren
Directed by	Georg Jacoby
Written by	Georg Jacoby Jens Locher
Based on	The Joker by Noel Scott
Starring	Henry Edwards Elga Brink Miles Mander
Cinematography	Poul Eibye Louis Larsen Emil Schünemann
Music by	Walter Ulfig
Production company	Nordisk Film
Distributed by	Kinografen
Release date	10 March 1928 (1928-03-10)
Countries	Denmark Germany
Languages	Silent Danish intertitles

The Joker (Danish: Jokeren) is a 1928 Danish-German silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Henry Edwards, Elga Brink, Miles Mander and Renée Héribel. It is based upon the 1927 play The Joker by Noel Scott.^[1] The film was also released under the German language title Der Faschingskönig (English: The King of the Carnival).^[1]

It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin as well as on location in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

• Henry Edwards as Mr. Carstairs
• Elga Brink as Gill
• Miles Mander as Mr. Borwick
• Aage Hertel as Jonny
• Renée Héribel as Lady Powder
• Christian Schrøder as James
• Philip Bech as Edward
• Ruth Komdrup as Lou Lou
• Aage Bendixen
• Olga Svendsen
• Gabriel Gabrio as Sir Herbert Powder

References

1. "Jokeren". fakta om film. Det Danske Fiminstitut. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Joker at IMDb