Comedy of the Heart

1924 film

Sophie Hoechstetter (novella Maskenball des Herzens)
F. W. Murnau
Rochus Gliese

Produced byErich PommerStarring

Lil Dagover
Nigel Barrie
Alexander Murski
Ruth Weyher

CinematographyTheodor SparkuhlMusic byGiuseppe Becce

Production
company

PAGU

Distributed byUniversum Film AG

Release date

30 September 1924 (1924-09-30)

CountryGermanyLanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Comedy of the Heart (German: Komödie des Herzens) is a 1924 German silent romance film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Lil Dagover, Nigel Barrie and Alexander Murski. It premiered at the Tauentzienpalast in Berlin on 30 September 1924.^[1] It was based on a novella by Sophie Hoechstetter. The film was one of UFA's major releases of the 1923-1925 boom period.^[2] It was made at the Babelsberg Studio.

Cast

Lil Dagover as Gerda Werska
Nigel Barrie as Baron Vinzenz
Alexander Murski as Graf Inger auf Ingersholm
Ruth Weyher as Inge
Colette Brettel as Daisy
Victor Palfi as Jurgen
Ernst Winar as Knud
Hans Cürlis as Herr Fips, Hauslehrer
Lydia Potechina as Frau Ring
William Huch
Robert Leffler

References

^ Hart p.230
^ Kreimeier121-122

Bibliography

Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.