The Mayor of Zalamea (1920 film)

The Mayor of Zalamea
Directed by	Ludwig Berger
Written by	Pedro Calderón de la Barca (play) Ludwig Berger
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Lil Dagover Albert Steinrück Agnes Straub Max Schreck
Cinematography	A.O. Weitzenberg
Production company	Decla-Bioscop
Distributed by	Decla-Bioscop
Release date	28 October 1920 (1920-10-28)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Mayor of Zalamea (German: Der Richter von Zalamea) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Lil Dagover, Albert Steinrück and Agnes Straub.^[1] The film was based on Pedro Calderón de la Barca's historic Spanish play of the same name. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Hermann Warm. It was Berger's debut as a director.

Cast

• Lil Dagover as Isabel
• Albert Steinrück as Pedro Crespo
• Agnes Straub as Chispa
• Elisabeth Horn as Ines
• Lothar Müthel as Juan
• Heinrich Witte as Don Alvaro
• Max Schreck as Don Mendo
• Ernst Legal as Sergeant
• Ernst Rotmund as Rebolledo
• Hermann Vallentin
• Armin Schweizer
• Helmuth Krüger

References

1. Hardt p. 221

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

• The Mayor of Zalamea at IMDb