William Tell (1923 film)

William Tell
Directed by	Rudolf Dworsky Rudolf Walther-Fein
Written by	Willy Rath
Starring	Hans Marr Conrad Veidt Erich Kaiser-Titz
Cinematography	Guido Seeber
Production company	Althoff-Ambos-Film
Distributed by	Aafa-Film
Release date	1923
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic
Languages	Silent German intertitles

William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell) is a 1923 German silent adventure film directed by Rudolf Dworsky and Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt and Erich Kaiser-Titz. The film portrays the story of the legendary Swiss national hero William Tell. The sets were designed by Rudi Feld.

Cast

• Hans Marr – Wilhelm Tell
• Conrad Veidt – Hermann Gessler
• Erich Kaiser-Titz – Kaiser Albrecht I
• Emil Rameau – Der Kanzler
• Fritz Kampers – Rudolf der Harra
• Hermann Vallentin – Wolffenschießen
• Josef Peterhans – Landenberger
• Erna Morena – Berta von Bruneck
• Käthe Haack – Agi, ihre Gesellschafterin
• Max Gülstorff – Attinghausen
• Johannes Riemann – Ulrich von Rudenz
• Xenia Desni – Hedwig Tell
• Otto Gebühr – Heinrich von Melchthal
• Theodor Becker – Konrad Baumgarten
• Carl Ebert – Arnold von Melchthal (as Karl Ebert)
• Grete Reinwald – Armgard Baumgarten, seine Frau
• Eduard von Winterstein – Stauffacher
• Robert Leffler – Rösselmann, der Pfarrer
• Wilhelm Diegelmann – Der Stier von Uri
• Agnes Straub – Stauffacherin
• Willi Müller – Walter, Tells Sohn
• Hans Peter Peterhans – Wilhelm, Tells Knabe

See also

• William Tell (1934), also with Hans Marr and Conrad Veidt

Bibliography

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

External links

• William Tell at IMDb