The Red Peacock
| The Red Peacock | |
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| Directed by | Paul L. Stein |
| Written by | James Ashmore Creelman Hanns Kräly |
| Based on | La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils |
| Produced by | Paul Davidson |
| Starring | Pola Negri Victor Varconi |
| Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent (German intertitles) |
The Red Peacock (German: Arme Violetta) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri and Victor Varconi.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and distributed by UFA. Long thought lost, the film was rediscovered in a New York basement in 2020.[2] The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils's 1848 novel, La Dame aux Camelias.[3]
Cast
- Pola Negri as Violetta Duclos
- Alexander Antalffy as Gaston
- Paul Biensfeldt as Alfred's father
- Michael Bohnen
- Ernst Bringolf
- Guido Herzfeld as Violetta's father
- Paul Otto as Graf von Geray
- Greta Schröder as Alfred's sister
- Victor Varconi as Alfred Germont
- Marga von Kierska as Flora
References
- ↑ Kotowski p.214
- ↑ "Pola Negri Lost Film on eBay - NitrateVille.com". Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ↑ Courrier cinematographique: Organe hebdomadaire indépendent de la cinematographie des arts, sciences et industries qui s'y rattachent (in French). 1922.
Bibliography
- Mariusz Kotowski. Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
External links
Categories:
- 1920 films
- 1920 German films
- 1920 German-language films
- 1920s rediscovered films
- Films directed by Paul L. Stein
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films set in France
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- German black-and-white films
- German silent feature films
- Rediscovered German films
- UFA GmbH films
- 1920s German silent film stubs
- Films based on Camille