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Veritas vincit
Also known as The Greatest Truth in the USA
(1919) Germany
B&W : 11,312 feet
Directed by Joe May

Cast: Mia May [Helena / Ellinor / Komtessa Helene], Johannes Riemann [Lucfius / Ritter Lutz von Ehrenfried / Prinz Ludwig], Magnus Stifter [Decius], Emil Albes [Flavius], Wilhelm Diegelmann [Tullulus], Ferry Sikla [Fucius Asinius], Paul Biensfeldt [Digulus], Georg John [Blinder Senator], Leopold Bauer [Meister Heinrich, der Goldschmied], Lina Paulsen [Ursula], Friedrich Kühne [Florian], Bernhard Goetzke [Inder], Adolf Klein [Fürst], Olga Engl [Fürstin], Josef Klein (Joseph Klein) [General von der Tanne], Max Laurence [untersuchungsrichter], Anders Wikman [Vicomte Rene de Montmorte], Hermann Picha [Zauberin], Emmy Wyda, Maria Forescu, Max Gülstorff [Wilddieb]

May-Film Aktiengesellschaft production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]. / Produced by Joe May. Scenario by Ruth Goetz and Richard Hutter, from an idea by Joe May and Michaelangelo Baron Zois. Art direction by Paul Leni and Siegfried Wroblewsky. Costume design by F. Diringer. Cinematography by Max Lutze. / Released 4 April 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA [?] (at five reels)? as The Greatest Truth by Paramount Pictures Corporation on 9 July 1922.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 September 2023.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 168; Weinberg-Lubitsch p. ? : Website-IMDb.

 
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