Adam and Eve (1928 film)

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Adam and Eve
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German Adam und Eva
Directed by Rudolf Biebrach
Written by
Produced byReinhold Schünzel
Starring
Cinematography Willy Goldberger
Production
company
Reinhold Schünzel Film
Distributed by Universum Film AG
Release date
  • 16 October 1928 (1928-10-16)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Adam and Eve ( ‹See Tfd› German : Adam und Eva) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Elza Temary and Valerie Boothby. [1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in the Giant Mountains. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arthur Schwarz and Julius von Borsody.

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Synopsis

Adam and his girlfriend Anna work as a gardener and maid in a house and are devoted to each other. However the arrival of a new maid, the vampish Klara comes between them as she makes a strong play for Adam's affections.

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References

  1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 434. ISBN   978-1-57181-655-9.