The Weavers (1927 film)

The Weavers
Poster for the play on which the film is based.
Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Written by	Gerhart Hauptmann (play) Fanny Carlsen Willy Haas
Starring	Paul Wegener Valeska Stock Hermann Picha Hertha von Walther
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang Friedrich Weinmann
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	Zelnik-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	14 May 1927
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Weavers (German:Die Weber) is a 1927 German silent historical drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Paul Wegener, Valeska Stock and Hermann Picha. The film is based on the 1892 play of the same title by Gerhart Hauptmann based on a historical event. The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew.

Synopsis

During the 1840s a group of Silesian weavers stage an uprising due to their concerns about the Industrial Revolution's impact of their lives.

Cast

• Paul Wegener as Fabrikant Dreißiger
• Valeska Stock as Frau Dreißiger
• Hermann Picha as Baumert
• Hertha von Walther as Emma, dessen Tochter
• Camilla von Hollay as Bertha, dessen Tochter
• Arthur Kraußneck as Der alte Hilse
• Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Gottfried Hilse, sein Sohn
• Dagny Servaes as Luise Hise, dessen Frau
• William Dieterle as Moritz Jäger
• Theodor Loos as Bäcker
• Georg John as Ansorge
• Georg Burghardt as Pastor Kittelhaus
• Hanne Brinkmann as Frau Kittelhaus
• Julius Brandt as Neumann
• Emil Lind as Expedient Pfeiffer
• Hans Stemberg as Gendarm Kutsche
• Willy Kruszinski as Polizeimeister
• Emil Biron as König Friedrich Wilhelm IV

Bibliography

• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• The Weavers at IMDb