What the Stones Tell

What the Stones Tell
Directed by	Rolf Randolf
Written by	Carl Gustav von Negelein
Produced by	Rolf Randolf Carl Gustav von Negelein
Starring	Ernst Rückert Fritz Greiner Eduard von Winterstein
Cinematography	Ludwig Lippert
Production company	Ranneg-Film
Distributed by	Filmhaus Bruckmann
Release date	7 August 1925 (1925-08-07)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

What the Stones Tell (German: Was Steine erzählen) is a 1925 German silent historical war film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Ernst Rückert, Fritz Greiner and Eduard von Winterstein.^[1] The film portrays the Lützow Free Corps of the Napoleonic Era. Its title references a poem about the unit, and is part of the tradition of Prussian films.^{[citation needed]}

The film's sets were designed by the famous art director Robert A. Dietrich.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Ernst Rückert as Theodor Körner
• Fritz Greiner as Andreas Hofer
• Eduard von Winterstein as General Wrangel
• Rudolf Hilberg as Major von Lützow
• Elise Aulinger as Hoferin
• Karl Beckersachs as Lieutenant
• Christian Bummerstaedt as Friedrich Förster
• Theodor Loos
• Karl Platen
• Grete Reinwald^[2]

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.536
2. Was Steine erzählen (1925) - IMDb, retrieved 7 September 2023

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• What the Stones Tell at IMDb