The Galley Slave (1919 film)

The Galley Slave
Directed by	Paul Wegener Rochus Gliese
Written by	Honoré de Balzac (novels) Paul Wegener
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Paul Wegener Lyda Salmonova Paul Hartmann
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang Fritz Arno Wagner
Production company	PAGU
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	17 October 1919
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Galley Slave (German: Der Galeerensträfling) is a 1919 German silent historical adventure film directed by Rochus Gliese and Paul Wegener and starring Wegener, Lyda Salmonova, and Paul Hartmann. Inspired by several of the novels of Honoré de Balzac including Lost Illusions, it was released in two parts on separate dates during October 1919. Although Gliese was the principal credited director, the film's star Wegener also worked on its production.

It was shot at the Templehof Studios in Berlin, with sets designed by the art director Kurt Richter.

Cast

• Paul Wegener as Colin, König der Galeerensträflinge
• Lyda Salmonova as Victorine
• Paul Hartmann as Rastignac
• Ernst Deutsch as Galeerensträfling
• Else Berna as Herzogin Maufrigneuse
• Adele Sandrock
• Lothar Müthel
• Jakob Tiedtke
• Armin Schweizer
• Hedwig Gutzeit

Bibliography

• Paul Matthew St. Pierre. Cinematography in the Weimar Republic: Lola Lola, Dirty Singles, and the Men Who Shot Them. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

External links

• The Galley Slave at IMDb