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- ↑ Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211
- ↑ Bobby E. Lüthge im Film-Kurier, Nr. 15, 22 June 1919
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- Fritz, Walter, 1996. Im Kino erlebe ich die Welt – 100 Jahre Kino und Film in Österreich. Verlag Christian Brandstätter: Vienna. ISBN 3-85447-661-2
