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'The Saint and Her Fool' (German: 'Die Heilige und ihr Narr') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Lien Deyers and Gina Mans. It was based on a novel by Agnes Gnther and premiered at the Capital am Zoo in Berlin.Kreimeier p.115 Art direction was by Andrej Andrejew. For a long time, the movie was considered lost. Although never released in the US, a nitrate copy was discovered in Jack Warner's personal vault. In 2008 it was given to the UCLA in Los Angeles and restored.

It was remade twice into a 1935 German film directed by Hans Deppe and a 1957 Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky.

Cast



* William Dieterle as Harro, Graf von Torstein

* Lien Deyers as Rosemarie von Brauneck

* Gina Mans as Frstin von Brauneck

* Flix P. Soler as Frst von Brauneck

* Camilla von Hollay as Frulein Braun

* Mathilde Sussin as Frau von Hardenstein

* Heinrich Gotho as Mrt

* Sophie Pagay as Tante Uli

* Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Tante Marga

* Hanni Reinwald as Lisa, Rosemaries Zofe

* Loni Nest as Rosemarie als Kind

References



Bibliography



* Kreimeier, Klaus. 'The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945'. University of California Press, 1999.


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