The Boy in Blue (1919 film)
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| Directed by | F. W. Murnau |
| Produced by | Ernst Hofmann |
| Written by | Edda Ottershausen |
| Starring | Ernst Hofmann |
| Cinematography | Karl Freund Carl Hoffmann |
| Release date(s) | July 1919 |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | Weimar Republic |
| Language | Silent German intertitles |
The Boy in Blue (German: Knabe in Blau and also known as Emerald of Death) is a 1919 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. It was Murnau's debut film. The film is now considered to be a lost film.[1]
Thomas Gainsborough's painting The Blue Boy and Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray were inspirations for Murnau to create this film.[2]
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[edit] Cast
- Ernst Hofmann – Thomas von Weerth
- Blandine Ebinger – Schöne Zigeunerin / Fair gypsy
- Margit Barnay – Junge Schauspielerin / Young actress
- Karl Platen – Alter Diener / Old servant
- Georg John – Zigeunerhauptmann / Gypsy commander
- Leonhard Haskel – Theaterdirektor
- Marie von Buelow – Bettlerin
- Rudolf Klix – Bobby
- Hedda Kemp – Dame im Schleier
- Hans Otterhausen – Guckkastenmann
- Hans Schaup – Der alte Dietrich – Thomas' Diener
[edit] References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Boy in Blue". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/Knabeinblau1919.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ Bock, Hans-Michael (2009). Hans-Michael Bock, Tim Bergfelder. ed. The concise Cinegraph: encyclopaedia of German cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 334. ISBN 9781571816559.
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[edit] External links
Media related to Der Knabe in Blau at Wikimedia Commons
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