What the Stones Tell
{{short description|1925 film}}
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| director = Rolf Randolf
| producer = {{ubl|Rolf Randolf|Carl Gustav von Negelein}}
| writer = Carl Gustav von Negelein
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| starring = {{ubl|Ernst Rückert|Fritz Greiner|Eduard von Winterstein}}
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| cinematography = Ludwig Lippert
| studio = Ranneg-Film
| distributor = Filmhaus Bruckmann
| released = {{Film date|1925|08|07|df=yes}}
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| country = Germany
| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}
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What the Stones Tell (German: Was Steine erzählen) is a 1925 German silent historical war film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Ernst Rückert, Fritz Greiner and Eduard von Winterstein.Bock & Bergfelder p.536 The film portrays the Lützow Free Corps of the Napoleonic Era. Its title references a poem about the unit, and is part of the tradition of Prussian films.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
The film's sets were designed by the famous art director Robert A. Dietrich.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Cast
- Ernst Rückert as Theodor Körner
- Fritz Greiner as Andreas Hofer
- Eduard von Winterstein as General Wrangel
- Rudolf Hilberg as Major von Lützow
- Elise Aulinger as Hoferin
- Karl Beckersachs as Lieutenant
- Christian Bummerstaedt as Friedrich Förster
- Theodor Loos
- Karl Platen
- Grete Reinwald{{Citation |title=Was Steine erzählen (1925) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473726/fullcredits |access-date=2023-09-07}}
References
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Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0473726}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:Films directed by Rolf Randolf
Category:German silent feature films
Category:1920s historical films
Category:German historical films
Category:Films set in the 1810s
Category:Napoleonic Wars films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1920s German-language films
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