The Saint and Her Fool

Produced byWilliam DieterleStarringCinematographyFrederik FuglsangDistributed byDeutsche First National PicturesCountryGermanyLanguages

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 Manès. It was based on a novel by Agnes Günther and premiered at the Capital am Zoo in Berlin.^[1] 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, music by Franz R. Friedl and a 1957 Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky.

Cast

• William Dieterle as Harro, Graf von Torstein
• Lien Deyers as Rosemarie von Brauneck
• Gina Manès as Fürstin von Brauneck
• Félix P. Soler as Fürst von Brauneck
• Camilla von Hollay as Fräulein Braun
• Mathilde Sussin as Frau von Hardenstein
• Heinrich Gotho as Märt
• 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.

External links

• The Saint and Her Fool at IMDb