The Boy in Blue (1919 film)

The Boy in Blue (1919 film)
The Boy in Blue
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Produced by Ernst Hofmann
Written by Edda Ottershausen
Starring Ernst Hofmann
Cinematography Karl Freund
Carl Hoffmann
Release date(s) July, 1919
Running time 54 minutes
Country Germany
Language Silent
German intertitles
comparison of Gainsborough's painting with the one in the film

The 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]

Contents

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

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Boy in Blue". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/Knabeinblau1919.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
  2. ^ 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

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