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A Glass of Water (1923 film)

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Music by
  
Bruno Schulz

Director
  
Ludwig Berger

Produced by
  
Erich Pommer

Country
  
Germany

Language
  
Silent German intertitles

Writer
  
Eugene Scribe
,
Adolf Lantz

Release date
  
1 February 1923

Cinematography
  
Erich Waschneck, Gunther Krampf

Cast
  
Hans Brausewetter
,
Mady Christians
,
Lucie Hoflich
,
Rudolf Rittner
,
Helga Thomas
(Abigail)

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A Glass of Water (German:Ein Glas Wasser) is a 1923 German silent historical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Mady Christians, Lucie Höflich and Hans Brausewetter. It premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo on 1 February 1923. It was based on a play of the same title by Eugène Scribe, set in England during the reign of Queen Anne. The film was very well received both commercially and critically on its release. It is considered one of the milestones of Weimar cinema.

Cast

  • Mady Christians as Queen Anne
  • Lucie Höflich as the Duchess of Marlborough
  • Hans Brausewetter as John William Masham (a fictionalised version of Samuel Masham)
  • Rudolf Rittner as Lord Henry Bolingbroke (a ficionalised version of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke)
  • Helga Thomas as Abigail
  • Hugo Döblin as Tomwood the jeweller
  • Hans Wassmann as Lord Richard Scott
  • Bruno Decarli as Marquis Torcy
  • Max Gülstorff as Thompson
  • Franz Jackson as Hassan
  • Henry Stuart
  • Joseph Römer
  • Gertrud Wolle

    • References

    A Glass of Water (1923 film) Wikipedia
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    A Glass of Water (1923 film) IMDb