Comedy of the Heart

Comedy of the Heart
Directed by	Rochus Gliese
Written by	Sophie Hoechstetter (novella Maskenball des Herzens) F.W. Murnau Rochus Gliese
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Lil Dagover Nigel Barrie Alexander Murski Ruth Weyher
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	PAGU
Distributed by	Universum Film AG
Release date	30 September 1924
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Comedy of the Heart (German: Komödie des Herzens) is a 1924 German silent romance film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Lil Dagover, Nigel Barrie and Alexander Murski. It premiered at the Tauentzienpalast in Berlin on 30 September 1924. It was based on a novella by Sophie Hoechstetter. The film was one of UFA's major releases of the 1923-1925 boom period. It was made at the Babelsberg Studio.

Cast

• Lil Dagover as Gerda Werska
• Nigel Barrie as Baron Vinzenz
• Alexander Murski as Graf Inger auf Ingersholm
• Ruth Weyher as Inge
• Colette Brettel as Daisy
• Victor Palfi as Jurgen
• Ernst Winar as Knud
• Hans Cürlis as Herr Fips, Hauslehrer
• Lydia Potechina as Frau Ring
• William Huch
• Robert Leffler

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• Comedy of the Heart at IMDb