By a Silken Thread

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| name = By a Silken Thread

| image =By a Silken Thread.jpg

| caption =

| director = Robert A. Stemmle

| producer = Bruno Duday

| writer = {{ubl|Eberhard Frowein (novel)|Robert A. Stemmle}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Willy Fritsch|Carl Kuhlmann|Käthe von Nagy}}

| music = Herbert Windt

| cinematography = Franz Weihmayr

| editing = Axel von Werner

| studio = UFA

| distributor = UFA

| released ={{film date|1938|9|23|df=yes}}

| runtime = 92 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

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By a Silken Thread ({{langx|de|Am seidenen Faden}}) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Willy Fritsch, Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe von Nagy. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked Jewish capitalists"Kreimeier p.286 in line with Nazi racial policy of the era. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Potsdam.Klaus p.23 The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte.

Cast

Willy Fritsch as Richard Hellwerth
Carl Kuhlmann as Wilhelm Eickhoff
Käthe von Nagy as Lissy Eickhoff
Stella David as Wirtschafterin Frida Mann
Bernhard Minetti as Dr. Heinrich Breuer
Erich Ponto as Theodor Kalbach
Willi Schur as Werkmeister Schwafels
Paul Bildt as Bankier Brögelmann
Eduard Wandrey as Justizrat Bellert
Hildegard Barko as Dienstmädchen Anna
Ina Albrecht as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Johanna Blum as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Hildegard Busse as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Alfred Karen as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Ethel Reschke as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Rudolf Schündler as Von Tettenboom
Peter Elsholtz as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
Robert Forsch as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
Vera Hartegg as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
Walter Schramm-Duncker as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff
Erich Bartels as Reisender im Zugabteil
Brunhilde Födisch as Reisende im Zugabteil
Ursula Zeitz as Dienstmädchen bei Eickhoffs Fest
Adolf Fischer as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth
Wolfgang Staudte as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth
Hans Sobierayski as Polizist, der Lizzy abführt
Clemens Hasse as Polizist bei der Razzia
Hellmuth Passarge as Polizist bei der Razzia
Illo Gutschwager as Arbeiter bei der Firma Hellwerth
Wera Schultz as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest
Werner Pledath as Polizeikommissar bei der Verhaftung
Georg H. Schnell as Dr. Klipper
Hermann Pfeiffer as Büring
Wilfried Seyferth as Verkäufer der Firma Hellwerth
Fritz Klaudius as Herr Kundmann
Eduard Bornträger as Fabrikant
Eric Harden as Fabrikant
Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Fabrikant
Hans Timerding as Fabrikant
Alfred Heynisch as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel
Erik von Loewis as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel
Franz Weilhammer as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel
Liesl Eckardt as Beschäftigte an den neuen Maschinen
Karl Morvilius as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen
Albert Venohr as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen
Hildegard Friebel as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth
Hildegard Unger as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth
Alfred Pussert as Diener Eickhoffs
Otto F. Henning as Vorsitzender des Arbeitsgerichts
Kurt Klotz-Oberland as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung
F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung
Walter Kunkel as Young lawyer
Kurt Waitzmann as Young lawyer
Inge Conradi as Frl. Fichtner
Karl Fisser
Käthe Jöken-König
Hellmuth Lang
Kurt Weisse

Production

By a Silken Thread was directed by Robert A. Stemmle and produced by UFA.{{sfn|Kelson|1996|p=17}}

Release

It was banned from being shown in Germany by the Allied High Commission after World War II.{{sfn|Kelson|1996|p=17}}

References

Works cited

{{cite book|last=Kelson |first=John |title=Catalogue of Forbidden German Feature and Short Film Productions held in Zonal Film Archives of Film Section, Information Services Division, Control Commission for Germany, (BE) |edition=2 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |date=1996 |isbn=0948911190}}