Veritas Vincit (film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Veritas Vincit
| image = Veritas Vincit (film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Joe May
| producer = Joe May
| writer = {{ubl|Ruth Goetz|Richard Hutter|Joe May|Michelangelo Baron Zois}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Mia May|Johannes Riemann|Magnus Stifter}}
| music = Ferdinand Hummel
| editing =
| cinematography = Max Lutze
| studio = May-Film
| distributor = UFA
| released = {{Film date|1919|04|04|df=yes}}
| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}
| budget =
| gross =
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Veritas Vincit is a 1919 German silent historical film directed by Joe May and starring Mia May, Johannes Riemann, and Magnus Stifter. It was made as an epic in three episodes, similar to D. W. Griffith's Intolerance.Hake p.44 The first takes place in Ancient Rome, the second during the Renaissance and the third shortly before the First World War. Although not released until Spring 1919, it had been made during the final months of the war the previous year.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Leni and Siegfried Wroblewsky. It was shot at the Weissensee Studios in Berlin and on location around the city.
Cast
- Mia May as Helena / Ellinor / Komtessa Helene
- Johannes Riemann as Lucfius / Ritter Lutz von Ehrenfried / Prinz Ludwig
- Magnus Stifter as Decius
- Emil Albes as Flavius
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Tullulus
- Ferry Sikla as Fucius Asinius
- Paul Biensfeldt as Digulus
- Georg John as Blinder Senator
- Leopold Bauer as Meister Heinrich, der Goldschmied
- Lina Paulsen as Ursula
- Friedrich Kühne as Florian
- Bernhard Goetzke as Inder
- Adolf Klein as Fürst
- Olga Engl as Fürstin
- Joseph Klein as General von der Tanne
- Max Laurence as Untersuchungsrichter
- Anders Wikman as Vicomte Rene de Montmorte
- Hermann Picha as Zauberin
- Emmy Wyda
- Maria Forescu
- Max Gülstorff as Wilddieb
References
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Bibliography
- Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2002.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0158326}}
{{Joe May}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Joe May
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1910s historical drama films
Category:Silent German historical drama films
Category:Films shot at Weissensee Studios
Category:1910s German-language films
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