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Christian Wahnschaffe is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Urban Gad and starring Conrad Veidt, Lillebil Ibsen, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts World Ablaze (Weltbrand) in November 1920 and The Escape from the Golden Prison in March 1921. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Jakob Wassermann. The film is extant, and was restored in 2018 by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Original Release
11/12/1920
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Conrad Veidt | Christian Wahnschaffe |
| Lillebil Ibsen | Eva Sorel |
| Hermann Vallentin | Cardillac |
| Hugo Flink | |
| Fritz Kortner | Iwan Becker |
| Ernst Matray | |
| Theodor Loos | Amadeus Voß |
| Leopold von Ledebur | Großfürst |
| Frida Richard | Arbeiterfrau |
| Franz Sutton | Arbeiter Kroll |
Directors
Writers
Jakob Wassermann, Paul Georg, Bobby E. Lüthge, Hans Behrendt
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Conrad Veidt | Christian Wahnschaffe |
| Lillebil Ibsen | Eva Sorel |
| Hermann Vallentin | Cardillac |
| Hugo Flink | |
| Fritz Kortner | Iwan Becker |
| Ernst Matray | |
| Theodor Loos | Amadeus Voß |
| Leopold von Ledebur | Großfürst |
| Frida Richard | Arbeiterfrau |
| Franz Sutton | Arbeiter Kroll |
| Josef Peterhans | Geheimagent des Großfürsten |
| Paula Barra | |
| Fritz Feld | |
| Paul Graetz | |
| Ilka Grüning | |
| Esther Hagan | |
| Leopoldine Konstantin | |
| Maria Reisenhofer | |
| Margarete Schlegel | |
| Reinhold Schünzel |
