Monna Vanna (1922 film)

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Directed by	Richard Eichberg
Written by	Niccolò Machiavelli (story) Maurice Maeterlinck (play) Olga Alsen Helmuth Orthmann
Starring	Lee Parry Paul Wegener Hans Stürm
Cinematography	Paul Adler Erich Grimmler Max Lutze Franz Planer Georg Schubert
Music by	Cancio Millán
Production companies	Bavaria Film Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	21 December 1922
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Monna Vanna is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Paul Wegener, and Hans Stürm.

The film is based on the play Monna Vanna by Maurice Maeterlinck which itself drew on story by the sixteenth century writer Niccolò Machiavelli. It was made at the Emelka Studios near Munich as part of a deal Eichberg had struck with Bavaria Film. Some filming also took place at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Reiber, Jacek Rotmil and Kurt Richter.

Cast

• Lee Parry as Madonna Giovanna / Monna Vanna
• Paul Wegener as Guido Gursino
• Hans Stürm as Burgli
• Paul Graetz as Gennezzano
• Hans Trautner as Toni
• Emil Rameau as Frederigo Fondalo
• Max Pohl as Vater Coelestin
• Toni Zimmerer as Machiavelli
• Albert Steinrück as Andreas Buonacorsi
• Lyda Salmonova as Maddalena Pazzi
• Olaf Fjord as Pitellozo Vitelli
• Viktor Gehring as Paolo
• Fritz Kampers as Rinuzzio
• Oscar Marion

See also

• Monna Vanna (1915)

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Monna Vanna at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie