Theodor Herzl (film)

{{Short description|1921 film}}

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| name = Theodor Herzl

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| director = Otto Kreisler

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| writer = Heinrich Glücksmann

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| starring = {{ubl|Ernst Bath|Rudolph Schildkraut|Joseph Schildkraut|Josef Schreiter}}

| music = Josef Sulzer

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| studio = Helios Film

| distributor = Helios Film

| released = {{Film date|1921}}

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| country = Austria

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

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Theodor Herzl or Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People (German: Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes) is a 1921 Austrian silent drama film directed by Otto Kreisler and starring Ernst Bath, Rudolph Schildkraut and Joseph Schildkraut. It portrays the life of Theodor Herzl, the pioneer of modern Zionism.Holmes & Silverman p. 154

Cast

  • Ernst Bath as Theodor Herzl
  • Rudolph Schildkraut as Das ringende Israel
  • Joseph Schildkraut as Das leidende Israel
  • Josef Schreiter as Prophet
  • Rudolf Dietz as Dr. Samuel Goldblatt
  • Else Osterheim as eine junge russische Jüdin
  • Gita Lenart-Vago as eine spanische Jüdin
  • Axel Plessen as russischer Gutsbesitzer
  • Pippa Gettke as Altjüdische tänzerin
  • Heinz Altringen as König von Spanien
  • Ludwig Donath as Prinz Eugen
  • Eugen Preiß as Pope Leo XIII
  • James Battle as Sultan Abdulhamid II

References

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Bibliography

  • Baer, Nicholas [https://www.academia.edu/7457361/The_Rebirth_of_a_Nation_Cinema_Herzlian_Zionism_and_Emotion_in_Jewish_History The Rebirth of a Nation:Cinema, Herzlian Zionism, and Emotion in Jewish History]. Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, Vol 59, 2014, pp. 233–248 at Academia.edu
  • Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland & Company Incorporated Publishing, 2005
  • George, Alys X. [https://archive.org/details/interwarviennacu0000unse/page/154/mode/2up?q=154 Hollywood on the Danube?: Vienna and Austrian Silent Film of the 1920s], p. 154 in Holmes, Deborah & Silverman, Lisa. [https://archive.org/details/interwarviennacu0000unse/mode/2up Interwar Vienna: Culture Between Tradition and Modernity]. Camden House, 2009 at the Internet Archive