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The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
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Wikipedia article
'The Transformation of Dr. Bessel' (German: 'Dr. Bessels Verwandlung ') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Sophie Pagay and Hans Stwe.Rogowski p.265 The film was based on a novel by . It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. It has thematic similarities with Ernst Lubitsch's 1932 film 'The Man I Killed'. Whereas that film featured a French soldier partially assuming the identity of a dead German, in Oswald's film a German is able to survive by pretending to be French.Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema p.301
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Seemann and Bruno Lutz.
Synopsis
During the First World War, a German soldier escapes capture on the battlefield by taking the uniform of a French soldier. He then marries and settles down in Marseilles, abandoning any sense of national identity. Due to his language skills he is able to become a major success in international commerce.
Cast
* Jakob Tiedtke as Fabrikant Julius Bessel
* Sophie Pagay as Frau Bessel
* Hans Stwe as Alexander, ihr Sohn
* Agnes Esterhazy as Helene Bissel, Alexanders Frau
* Gertrud Eysoldt as Frau Pelagie Trouille
* Agnes Petersen-Mozzuchinowa as Germaine, ihre Nichte
* Kurt Gerron as der Grieche Georgakopoulos
* Angelo Ferrari as der Spanier Pedro de Ferrante
* Betty Astor as Karin Lundbye, ein Modell
* Sig Arno as Chevallier, ein franzsischer Soldat
* Rosa Valetti as Die Wirtin des Hotel garni
* Hella Krty as Paulette, Hotelstubenmdchen
* Hermann Picha as Ein franzsischer Buchhndler
* Max Neufeld as Ein franzsischer Major
* Otto Wallburg as Ein franzsischer Sergeant
* Curt Bois as Simche Regierer
* Ilka Grning as Frau Regierer
* Ferdinand Bonn as Oberst Jovan Simonitsch
* Lydia Potechina as Frau Simonitsch
* Hertha von Walther as Eine Mi
* Georg Burghardt as Ein franzsischer Offizier
* Eva Speyer
* Jaro Frth
* Hugo Dblin
* Friedrich Khne
* Harry Nestor
References
Bibliography
* Hales, Barbara, Petrescu, Mihaela & Weinstein, Valerie. 'Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936'. Camden House, 2016.
* Rogowski, Christian. 'The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy'. Camden House, 2010.
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