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The Golden Plague (1921 film)

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The Golden Plague
Directed byLouis Ralph
Richard Oswald
Written byØvre Richter Frich (novel)
Paul Merzbach
Produced byRichard Oswald
StarringLouis Ralph
Anita Berber
Paul Bildt
CinematographyWilly Goldberger
Production
company
Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Distributed byNational Film
Release date
18 November 1921
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
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.[1]

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

Cast

References

  1. ^ Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.98

Bibliography

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