Alkohol

Alkohol
Directed by	Ewald André Dupont Alfred Lind
Written by	Ewald André Dupont Alfred Lind
Starring	Wilhelm Diegelmann Ernst Rückert Georg H. Schnell Emil Biron
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann Charles Paulus
Production company	Stern-Film
Release dates	1919
Country	Germany
Language	Silent German intertitles

Alkohol (English:Alcohol) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and Alfred Lind and starring Wilhelm Diegelmann, Ernst Rückert and Georg H. Schnell. The film was begun by Lind but finished by Dupont. It was his first major melodrama, and represented a breakthrough in his career. The film's theme and setting foreshadow much of his later work.^[1] It was one in a series of "Enlightenment films" examing social issues, which were produced around the time.^[2]

Synopsis

A middle-class man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a variety act where they sink into alcoholism. He then kills another man whom he mistakenly believes is a rival.

Cast

• Wilhelm Diegelmann
• Ernst Rückert
• Georg H. Schnell
• Emil Biron
• Jean Moreau
• Auguste Pünkösdy
• Ferry Sikla
• Toni Tetzlaff
• Hanni Weisse
• Maria Zelenka

References

1. Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.28
2. Prawer p.74

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• Alkohol at the Internet Movie Database