The Five Frankfurters

1922 film

5 October 1922 (1922-10-05)

CountryGermanyLanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Five Frankfurters (German: Die fünf Frankfurter) is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Erich Schönfelder.^[1] It was based on a 1912 play of the same title about the rise of the Rothschild family.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudi Feld and Robert Neppach.

Cast

In alphabetical order

Else Bäck as Selma
Karl Beckersachs as Herzog vom Taunus
Ernst Behmer as Rat Ysel
Arthur Bergen as Karl Rothschild
Rita Burg as Charlotte
Josefine Dora as Rosa
Karl Etlinger as Banker Nathanson
Maria Forescu as Frau Nathanson
Max Grünberg as Heinrich Heine
Alfred Haase as Graf Fehrenbach
Ludwig Hartau
Leonhard Haskel as Maier Amschel Rothschild jun.
Guido Herzfeld as Salomon Rothschild
Fritz Hirsch as Maier Amschel Rothschild sen.
Boris Michailow as Jacob Rothschild
Sophie Pagay as Mrs. Schnapper
Albert Patry as Count Stadion
Albert Paulig
Ernst Pittschau as Wellington
Karl Platen as Samuel
Emil Rameau as Friscard
Frida Richard as Gudula
Gerhard Ritterband
Berthold Rose as Baruch Schnapper
Karl Rückert as Der Domprobst
Robert Scholz as Kaiser Franz I.
Fritz Schulz as Bleichröder
Hermine Sterler as Gräfin Stadion
Heinz Stieda as Der Kurfürst von Hessen
Frau Ulmann as Rahel
Hermann Vallentin
Karl Weinschenk as Rossini
Heinrich Zahdor as Nathan Rothschild

References

^ Freisburger, Walther (1936). Theater im Film: eine Untersuchung über die Grundzüge und Wandlungen in den Beziehungen zwischen Theater und Film. Emsdetten: H. & J. Lechte. p. 28. OCLC 3721571.