Carlos and Elisabeth
{{Short description|1924 film by Richard Oswald}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Carlos and Elisabeth
| image = Carlos and Elisabeth.jpg
| caption =
| director = Richard Oswald
| producer = Richard Oswald
| writer = {{ubl|Friedrich Schiller (play)|Ludwig Fulda|Richard Oswald}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Conrad Veidt|Eugen Klöpfer|Aud Egede-Nissen|Dagny Servaes}}
| music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner
| editing =
| cinematography = {{ubl|Karl Hasselmann|Karl Puth|Theodor Sparkuhl|Károly Vass}}
| studio = Richard-Oswald-Produktion
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1924|2|26|df=y}}
| runtime = 115 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Carlos and Elisabeth ({{langx|de|Carlos und Elisabeth}}) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Eugen Klöpfer, and Aud Egede-Nissen.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207001732/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/60607 BFI.org] It is based on the play Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller. Oswald modelled the film's visuals on a staging of the play by Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater.Eisen p. 77
The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Conrad Veidt as Don Carlos
- Eugen Klöpfer as Prince Philip
- Aud Egede-Nissen as Princess Eboli
- William Dieterle as Marquis Posa
- Adolf Klein as Grand Inquisitor
- Robert Taube as Duke of Alba
- Friedrich Kühne as Don Perez, the Dukeäs Minister
- Rudolf Biebrach as Duke of Valois
- Dagny Servaes as Elisabeth von Valois
- Martin Herzberg as Don Carlos as a boy
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | author-link = Lotte H. Eisner | last = Eisner | first = Lotte H. | title = The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt | publisher = University of California Press | year = 2008 | orig-year = 1952 | translator-last = Greaves | translator-first = Roger | location = Berkeley | isbn = 978-0-520-25790-0 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0014762}}
{{Richard Oswald}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:1920s historical drama films
Category:German silent feature films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Richard Oswald
Category:Films set in the 16th century
Category:German films based on plays
Category:Films based on works by Friedrich Schiller
Category:Cultural depictions of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Category:Silent German historical drama films
Category:Silent German adventure films
Category:Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Category:1920s German-language films
Category:German-language historical drama films
Category:German-language adventure films
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