The Saint and Her Fool

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Saint and Her Fool

Directed by	William Dieterle
Written by	Agnes Günther (novel) Curt J. Braun Charlotte Hagenbruch
Produced by	William Dieterle
Starring	William Dieterle Lien Deyers Gina Manès Félix P. Soler
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang
Production company	Deutsche Film Union
Distributed by	Deutsche First National Pictures
Release date	4 October 1928 (1928-10-04)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Saint and Her Fool (German: Die Heilige und ihr Narr) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Lien Deyers and Gina Manès. It was based on a novel by Agnes Günther and premiered at the Capital am Zoo in Berlin.^[1] Art direction was by Andrej Andrejew. For a long time, the movie was considered lost. Although never released in the US, a nitrate copy was discovered in Jack Warner's personal vault. In 2008 it was given to the UCLA in Los Angeles and restored.

It was remade twice into a 1935 German film directed by Hans Deppe, music by Franz R. Friedl and a 1957 Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky.

Cast

William Dieterle as Harro, Graf von Torstein
Lien Deyers as Rosemarie von Brauneck
Gina Manès as Fürstin von Brauneck
Félix P. Soler as Fürst von Brauneck
Camilla von Hollay as Fräulein Braun
Mathilde Sussin as Frau von Hardenstein
Heinrich Gotho as Märt
Sophie Pagay as Tante Uli
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Tante Marga
Hanni Reinwald as Lisa, Rosemaries Zofe
Loni Nest as Rosemarie als Kind

References

^ Kreimeier p.115

Bibliography

Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

The Saint and Her Fool at IMDb

Films directed by William Dieterle

Man by the Wayside (1923)
Behind the Altar (1927)
The Saint and Her Fool (1928)
Sex in Chains (1928)
Rustle of Spring (1929)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929)
Triumph of Love (1929)
The Brandenburg Arch (1929)
Silence in the Forest (1929)
The Dance Goes On (1930)
Kismet (1931)
The Mask Falls (1931)
Demon of the Sea (1931)
One Hour of Happiness (1931)
The Sacred Flame (1931)
The Last Flight (1931)
Her Majesty, Love (1931)
Man Wanted (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
The Crash (1932)
Six Hours to Live (1932)
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
Lawyer Man (1933)
Adorable (1933)
The Devil's in Love (1933)
Grand Slam (1933)
Female (1933)
From Headquarters (1933)
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
Fashions of 1934 (1934)
Madame Du Barry (1934)
Dr. Monica (1934)
The Firebird (1934)
The Secret Bride (1934)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Dr. Socrates (1935)
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)
The White Angel (1936)
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
The Great O'Malley (1937)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Another Dawn (1937)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Blockade (1938)
Juarez (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Syncopation (1942)
Tennessee Johnson (1943)
Kismet (1944)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
Love Letters (1945)
This Love of Ours (1945)
The Searching Wind (1946)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
The Accused (1949)
Rope of Sand (1949)
Paid in Full (1950)
Vulcano (1950)
September Affair (1950)
Dark City (1950)
Peking Express (1951)
Red Mountain (1951)
Boots Malone (1952)
The Turning Point (1952)
Salome (1953)
Elephant Walk (1954)
Magic Fire (1955)
Omar Khayyam (1957)
Dubrowsky (1959)
Mistress of the World (1960)
Carnival Confession (1960)
Quick, Let's Get Married (1964)

This 1920s drama film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to a German silent film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany