Carlos and Elisabeth

Carlos and Elisabeth
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Friedrich Schiller (play) Ludwig Fulda Richard Oswald
Produced by	Richard Oswald
Starring	Conrad Veidt Eugen Klöpfer Aud Egede-Nissen Dagny Servaes
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann Karl Puth Theodor Sparkuhl Károly Vass
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Release date	26 February 1924 (1924-02-26)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Carlos and Elisabeth (German: Carlos und Elisabeth) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Eugen Klöpfer, and Aud Egede-Nissen. It is based on the play Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller. Oswald modelled the film's visuals on a staging of the play by Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.

Cast

• Conrad Veidt as Don Carlos
• Eugen Klöpfer as Prince Philip
• Aud Egede-Nissen as Princess Eboli
• William Dieterle as Marquis Posa
• Adolf Klein as Grand Inquisitor
• Robert Taube as Duke of Alba
• Friedrich Kühne as Don Perez, the Dukeäs Minister
• Rudolf Biebrach as Duke of Valois
• Dagny Servaes as Elisabeth von Valois
• Martin Herzberg as Don Carlos as a boy

Bibliography

• Eisner, Lotte H. (2008) [1952]. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. Translated by Greaves, Roger. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25790-0.

External links

• Carlos and Elisabeth at IMDb