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Die Treibende Kraft
(The Prime Power)
(1921) Germany
B&W : Five reels / 1708 metres
Directed by Zoltán Nagy

Cast: Fern Andra, Erling Hanson, Tronier Funder, Lya de Putti, Magda Madleine, Herrmann Böttscher

Decla-Bioskop Aktiengesellschaft production; distributed by Decla-Bioskop Aktiengesellschaft. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Ola Alsen (Olga Alsen), from the novel Fedora by Victorien Sardou. Art direction by Franz Seemann and Hans Jacobi. Cinematography by A.O. Weitzenberg. / Premiered 31 March 1921 at Marmorhaus in Berlin, Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Finland on 30 October 1922.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 27 October 2018.

References: Herzog-dePutti p. 106 : Website-IMDb.