The Five Frankfurters

The Five Frankfurters
Directed by	Erich Schönfelder
Written by	Max Monato Carl Rössler (play)
Cinematography	Hans Bloch
Music by	Heinz Giessen
Production company	Viktoria-Film
Distributed by	Viktoria-Film
Release date	5 October 1922 (1922-10-05)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Five Frankfurters (German: Die fünf Frankfurter) is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Erich Schönfelder. It was based on a 1912 play of the same title about the rise of the Rothschild family.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudi Feld and Robert Neppach.

Cast

In alphabetical order

• Else Bäck as Selma
• Karl Beckersachs as Herzog vom Taunus
• Ernst Behmer as Rat Ysel
• Arthur Bergen as Karl Rothschild
• Rita Burg as Charlotte
• Josefine Dora as Rosa
• Karl Etlinger as Bankier Nathanson
• Maria Forescu as Frau Nathanson
• Max Grünberg as Heinrich Heine
• Alfred Haase as Graf Fehrenbach
• Ludwig Hartau
• Leonhard Haskel as Maier Amschel Rothschild jun.
• Guido Herzfeld as Salomon Rothschild
• Fritz Hirsch as Maier Amschel Rothschild sen.
• Boris Michailow as Jacob Rothschild
• Sophie Pagay as Frau Schnapper
• Albert Patry as Graf Stadion
• Albert Paulig
• Ernst Pittschau as Wellington
• Karl Platen as Samuel
• Emil Rameau as Friscard
• Frida Richard as Gudula
• Gerhard Ritterband
• Berthold Rose as Baruch Schnapper
• Karl Rückert as Der Domprobst
• Robert Scholz as Kaiser Franz I.
• Fritz Schulz as Bleichröder
• Hermine Sterler as Gräfin Stadion
• Heinz Stieda as Der Kurfürst von Hessen
• Frau Ulmann as Rahel
• Hermann Vallentin
• Karl Weinschenk as Rossini
• Heinrich Zahdor as Nathan Rothschild

Bibliography

• Freisburger, Walther (1936). Theater im Film: eine Untersuchung über die Grundzüge und Wandlungen in den Beziehungen zwischen Theater und Film. Emsdetten: H. & J. Lechte. OCLC 3721571.

External links

• The Five Frankfurters at IMDb