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| Directed by | Richard Eichberg |
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| Produced by | Richard Eichberg |
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| Distributed by | Süd-Film |
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| Country | Germany |
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The Motorist Bride (German: Die Motorbraut) is a 1925 German silent romance film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Mierendorff, Lee Parry and Ernst Hofmann. The film is notable for the use of Lilian Harvey as a stunt double for Parry during the mountaineering scenes shot in Switzerland.1 Harvey quickly graduated to become the top star of Richard Eichberg's production company.
It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin on 22 January 1925.2 The film's art direction is by Jacek Rotmil.
Cast
- Hans Mierendorff as Johann Amberg
- Lee Parry as Eva, seine Tochter
- Ernst Hofmann as Hans von Corell
- Angelo Ferrari as Frank Bruhn
- Sinaida Korolenko as Lili
- Max Grünberg as Heinz Ellhof
- Erwin van Roy as Gottlieb Daffke
- Hans Sturm as Gustav Briese
- Margarete Kupfer as Marta
- Gerhard Ritterband as Max
- Lilian Harvey as Eva (Stunt Double)
References
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 186
- Grange p. 190
Bibliography
Bibliography
- Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-843-2.
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.