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
External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0956250}}
- [https://jfc.org.il/en/movie/54468-2/ The Wandering Jew: The Life of Theodor Herzl] at The Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0956250/?ref_=tt_urv Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes] at IMDb
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Category:1920s historical films
Category:1920s biographical films
Category:Austrian historical films
Category:Austrian biographical films
Category:Austrian silent feature films
Category:Biographical films about Jewish people
Category:Films directed by Otto Kreisler
Category:Films set in the 1890s
Category:Films set in the 1900s
Category:Austrian black-and-white films
Category:Films set in Austria-Hungary
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