The Flight in the Night

1926 film

Luigi Pirandello (play)
Alfred Schirokauer
Curt Wesse
Amleto Palermi

Produced byHeinrich NebenzahlStarring

Conrad Veidt
Robert Scholz
Angelo Ferrari
Paul Biensfeldt

Cinematography

Curt Courant
Arpad Viragh

Production
company

Nero Film

Distributed byDomo-Strauß-Film

Release date

13 December 1926 (1926-12-13)

CountryGermanyLanguages

Silent
German intertitles

The Flight in the Night (German: Die Flucht in die Nacht) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Conrad Veidt, Robert Scholz and Angelo Ferrari.^[1] It was based on the play Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. The art direction was by Hermann Warm. It was shot on location in Italy.

Cast

Conrad Veidt as Heinrich IV
Angelo Ferrari as Graf di Nolli
Robert Scholz as Baron Belcredi, Schurke
Paul Biensfeldt as Diener
Oreste Bilancia as Raso
Agnes Esterhazy as ältliche Matrone
Enrica Fantis as Maria
Carl Geppert as Bediensteter
John Gottowt as Bediensteter
Georg John as Bediensteter
Hermann Vallentin as Irrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
Hertha von Walther

References

^ Soister & Battle p.193-196

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Soister, John T. & Battle, Pat Wilks. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.