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Halbblut
(Half-Breed)
AKA [Der Halbblut] (The Half-Breed), [The Half-Caste], [The Halfbreed]
(1919) German
B&W : (length unknown)
Directed by Fritz Lang

Cast: Ressel Orla [the half-caste], Carl de Vogt [Axel van der Straaten], Gilda Langer, Carl-Gerrard Schroder, Paul Morgan [Mestize]

Decla-Film production. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Fritz Lang and Leo Koffler. Art direction by Carl Ludwig Kirmse. Cinematography by Carl Hoffman and Emil Schünemann. / Premiere 3 April 1919 in Berlin, Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Lang’s first film as director was shot in five days.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Opium

Listing updated: 17 June 2005.

References: Jensen-Lang pp. 12, 21, 205 : Website-IMDb.

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