Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit
Also known as The Way to Strength and Beauty in the USA
(1925) Germany
B&W : [?] Eight? reels
Directed by Dr. Wilhelm Prager and Nicholas Kaufmann
Cast: Jenny Hasselqvist [herself], Niddy Impekoven, Tamara Karsavina, La Jana, Hertha von Walther, Leni Riefenstahl [dancer], Camilla Horn, Jack Dempsey [himself], Johnny Weissmuller [himself]
Kulturabteilung production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]. / Scenario by Dr. Nicholas Kaufmann, Ernst Krieger and Nicholas Kaufmann. Cinematography by Eugen Herich, Friedrich Paulmann and Friedrich Weinmann. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Finland on 12 October 1925.
[?] Documentary-Educational?
Survival status: Prints exist in the Deutsche Kinemathek film archive [fragmentary 35mm nitrate negative (reel six only), fragmentary 35mm nitrate positive (308 metres, English intertitles), 35mm duplicate negative (2557 metres, English intertitles), 35mm duplicate acetate positive (2557 metres, English intertitles), 16mm reduction positive (English intertitles), 16mm reduction positive (production outtakes, 50 metres), 16mm duplicate reduction negative (production outtakes, 48 metres, English intertitles), fragmentary 9.5 reduction positive (100 metres)]; and in the film holdings of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [35mm positive (2536 metres, English intertitles)].
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 6 May 2010.
References: FilmYearBook-1926 front endpapers : Website-IMDb; Website-Lost.
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