The Golden Plague (1921 film)

The Golden Plague
Directed by	Louis Ralph Richard Oswald
Written by	Øvre Richter Frich (novel) Paul Merzbach
Produced by	Richard Oswald
Starring	Louis Ralph Anita Berber Paul Bildt
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Production company	Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Distributed by	National Film
Release date	18 November 1921 (1921-11-18)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Golden Plague (German: Die goldene Pest) is a 1921 German silent thriller film directed by Louis Ralph and Richard Oswald and starring Louis Ralph, Anita Berber and Paul Bildt. An anarchist attempts to use a formula for artificial gold as part of a plan to flood the world market, causing an international crisis.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Botho Hoefer and István Szirontai Lhotka.

Cast

• Louis Ralph as Jacques Delma
• Anita Berber as Natascha
• Paul Bildt as John Marker (chemistry student)
• Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Dr. Jonas Fjeld
• Emil Wittig as Brocke
• Felix Norfolk as Bradley
• Arthur Bergen as Bokine
• Hans Wallner as Croft
• Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Faber
• Michael Rainer-Steiner as Lord Cavendish (president, Bank of England)
• Karl Martell as Patrick Murphy (Cavendish's secretary)
• Fred Berger as Det. James Clifford
• Emil Stammer as Det. Hansen
• Hermann Picha as Det. Ohlsen
• Curt Cappi as Det. Binet

Bibliography

• Barbara Hales, Mihaela Petrescu and Valerie Weinstein. Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.

External links

• The Golden Plague at IMDb