Pest in Florenz
(Plague in Florence)
Also known as La peste à Florence in France
(1919) German
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Otto Rippert

Cast: Theodor Becker [Franziskus, einsiedler], Marga Kierska [Julia, kurtisane], Julietta Brandt [die pest (the plague)], Otto Mannstaedt [Cesare, der Machthaber von Florenz], Anders Wikmann [Lorenzo, Cesares sohn], Karl Bernard [Lorenzos vertrauter], Franz Knaak [kardinal], Erner Hübsch [mönch], Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg [Julias erste Bedienerin], Hans Walter [Julias vertrauter], Erich Bartels

Decla-Film production. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Fritz Lang, from the short story “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe. Set design by Hermann Warm, Franz Jaffé, Walter Reimann and Walter Röhrig. Cinematography by Willy Hameister and Emil Schünemann. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released in Finland on 23 October 1921.

Drama.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Italy: Florence

Listing updated: 15 February 2008.

References: Jensen-Lang pp. 12, 16, 205; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : Website-Filmportal; Website-IMDb.