The Countess of Sand

The Countess of Sand
GermanDie Sandgräfin
Directed byHans Steinhoff
Written byJane Bess
Ernst B. Fey
Based onDie Sandgräfin
by Gustav Frenssen
StarringChrista Tordy
Käthe von Nagy
Jack Trevor
CinematographyKarl Puth
Production
company
Orplid-Film
Distributed byMesstro-Orplid
Release date
  • 23 February 1928 (1928-02-23)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Countess of Sand (German: Die Sandgräfin) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Christa Tordy, Käthe von Nagy and Jack Trevor.[1] It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin and on location in East Frisia. The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

Cast

Reception

The Grazer Tagblatt writes: "This is excellently successful film ... it's remarkable, apart from the enduring moment, which is taken into account in an extremely effective way".[2]

References

  1. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 336. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
  2. ^ "Die Sandgräfin". In: Neue Freie Presse, 20 August 1929, p. 7 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/nfp


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