When a Man Loves
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Manon Lescaut is a 1926
silent
German feature film based on the oft-filmed novel
by Abbe Prevost. It stars Lya De Putti
and was directed by Arthur Robison
. It was produced and distributed by renown German film company Universum Film AG
better known as UFA. A young actress named Marlene Dietrich
had a supporting role in this production. A set decorator on this film was the soon to be American Expatriate Paul Leni
, who would find great success as a director in Hollywood.
In 1927, an American remake was made, When a Man Loves
.
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
German feature film based on the oft-filmed novel
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut is a short novel by French author Abbé Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité . It was controversial in its time and was banned in France upon publication...
by Abbe Prevost. It stars Lya De Putti
Lya De Putti
Lya De Putti was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters.-Early life and career:...
and was directed by Arthur Robison
Arthur Robison
Arthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.-Selected filmography:* A Night of Horror...
. It was produced and distributed by renown German film company Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
better known as UFA. A young actress named Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
had a supporting role in this production. A set decorator on this film was the soon to be American Expatriate Paul Leni
Paul Leni
Paul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in...
, who would find great success as a director in Hollywood.
In 1927, an American remake was made, When a Man Loves
When A Man Loves (1927 film)
When a Man Loves is a 1927 American silent historical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. The picture stars John Barrymore and Dolores Costello in the oft filmed story of Abbe Prevost's Manon Lescaut....
.
Cast
- Lya De PuttiLya De PuttiLya De Putti was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters.-Early life and career:...
– Manon Lescaut - Vladimir GajdarovVladimir GajdarovVladimir Georgievich Gajdarov was a Russian film actor and star of Russian silent cinema.-Filmography:*Bare et liv - historien om Fridtjof Nansen...
– Des Grieux - Eduard Rothauser – Marschall des Grieux
- Fritz Greiner – Marquis de Bli
- Hubert von MeyerinckHubert von MeyerinckHubert von Meyerinck was a German film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1921 and 1970.He was born in Potsdam, Germany and died in Hamburg, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Manon Lescaut ...
– Der Jung de Bli - Frida Richard – Manons Tante
- Emilie Kurz – Manons Tante
- Lydia Potechina – Susanne
- Theodor LoosTheodor LoosTheodor August Konrad Loos was a German actor.The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipzig, and after that for his uncle, an art dealer in Berlin...
– Tiberge - Sig ArnoSig ArnoSig Arno was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as Pardon My Sarong, and The Mummy's Tomb...
– Lescaut - Trude Hesterberg – Claire
- Marlene DietrichMarlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
– Micheline - Olga EnglOlga EnglOlga Engl was an Austrian stage and motion picture actress who appeared nearly 200 films during her career in the film industry....
– - Karl Harbacher –
- Hans Junkermann –
- Hermann Picha –