Comedy of the Heart

{{short description|1924 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Comedy of the Heart

| image = Comedy of the Heart.jpg

| caption =

| director = Rochus Gliese

| producer = Erich Pommer

| writer = {{ubl|Sophie Hoechstetter (novella Maskenball des Herzens)|F. W. Murnau|Rochus Gliese}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Lil Dagover|Nigel Barrie|Alexander Murski|Ruth Weyher}}

| music = Giuseppe Becce

| editing =

| cinematography = Theodor Sparkuhl

| studio = PAGU

| distributor = Universum Film AG

| released = {{Film date|1924|09|30|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Germany

| language = Silent
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| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.Hart p.230 It was based on a novella by Sophie Hoechstetter. The film was one of UFA's major releases of the 1923-1925 boom period.Kreimeier121-122 It was made at the Babelsberg Studio.

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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.