- The Boy in Blue (1919 film)
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The Boy in Blue Directed by F. W. Murnau Produced by Ernst Hofmann Written by Edda Ottershausen Starring Ernst Hofmann Cinematography Karl Freund
Carl HoffmannRelease date(s) July, 1919 Running time 54 minutes Country Germany Language Silent
German intertitlesThe Boy in Blue (German: Knabe in Blau and also known as Emerald of Death) is a 1919 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. It was Murnau's debut film. The film is now considered to be a lost film.[1]
Thomas Gainsborough's painting The Blue Boy and Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray were inspirations for Murnau to create this film.[2]
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Cast
- Ernst Hofmann - Thomas von Weerth
- Blandine Ebinger - Schöne Zigeunerin / Fair gypsy
- Margit Barnay - Junge Schauspielerin / Young actress
- Karl Platen - Alter Diener / Old servant
- Georg John - Zigeunerhauptmann / Gypsy commander
- Leonhard Haskel - Theaterdirektor
- Marie von Buelow - Bettlerin
- Rudolf Klix - Bobby
- Hedda Kemp - Dame im Schleier
- Hans Otterhausen - Guckkastenmann
- Hans Schaup - Der alte Dietrich - Thomas' Diener
References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Boy in Blue". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/Knabeinblau1919.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ Bock, Hans-Michael (2009). Hans-Michael Bock, Tim Bergfelder. ed. The concise Cinegraph: encyclopaedia of German cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 334. ISBN 9781571816559.
See also
External links
Media related to Der Knabe in Blau at Wikimedia Commons
Films directed by F. W. Murnau German films Der Knabe in Blau · Satanas · Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin · Der Januskopf · Abend - Nacht - Morgen · Der Gang in die Nacht · Sehnsucht · Schloß Vogelöd · Marizza · Der Brennende Acker · Nosferatu · Phantom · Die Austreibung · Die Finanzen des Großherzogs · Der letzte Mann · Herr Tartüff · Faust - Eine deutsche VolkssageAmerican films Categories:- German films
- 1919 films
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- 1910s drama films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by F. W. Murnau
- Lost films
- Directorial debut films
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