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Conrad Veidt.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Lady Hamilton
Also known as Affairs of Lady Hamilton in the USA
(1921) Germany
B&W : [?] Eight reels? / 3367 metres
Directed by Richard Oswald
Cast: Liane Haid [Emma Lyon, Lady Hamilton], Conrad Veidt [Lord Nelson], Werner Krauß (Werner Krauss) [Lord William Hamilton], Reinhold Schünzel [Ferdinand IV, König von Neapel], Else Heims [Marie Caroline, Königin von Neapel], Anton Pointner [Greville], Julia Serda [Adele Nelson], Georg Alexander [George, Prince of Wales], Paul Bildt [Caraciollo, Minister des Königs], Theodor Loos [George Romney, ein berühmter Maler], Hans Heinrich von Twardowski [Joshua Nesbitt, Nelson’s stiefsohn], Gertrude Welcker [Arabella Kelly], Adele Sandrock [Vorsteherin eines adeligen Stifts], Käte Waldeck (Kathe Oswald) [Jane Middleton], Celly de Rheydt [Phyrne], Hugo Döblin [Doktor Graham, kurpfuscher], Heinrich George [Kapitän, Sir John Willet Payne], Friedrich Kühne [Tug, Sir Johns Oberbootsmann], Louis Ralph [Tom Kid, matrose], Ilka Grüning [Eine Wirtin], Claire Krona [Emma Lyon’s mutter (mother)], Max Adalbert [drei Lazaronis], Max Gülstorff [drei Lazaronis], Hans Stürm [drei Lazaronis], Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger [friseur], Carl Geppert [Anderer friseur], Adolf Klein [marineminister], Karl Platen [kammerdiener des Königs], Georg John [zwei Jacobiner], Karl Römer [zwei Jacobiner], Clementine Plessner
Richard Oswald-Produktion production; distributed by National-Film Aktiengesellschaft. / Scenario by Richard Oswald, from the novel Liebe und Leben der Lady Hamilton by Heinrich Vollrath Schumacher and Lord Nelsons letzte Liebe by Heinrich Vollrath Schumacher. Art direction by Hans Dreier and Paul Leni. Costume design by Hans Dreier and Paul Leni. Cinematography by Carl Hoffmann and Károly Vass. / Released 20 October 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released 16 February 1922 in Finland. The film was released in the USA in eight reels as Affairs of Lady Hamilton by W.W. Hodkinson Corporation in May 1923.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Print exists in the Gosfilmofond film archive.
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 31 March 2023.
References: O’Leary-Silent p. ?; Sherwood-Best p. 154 : Website-IMDb.
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