Die Arche

Die Arche
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Robert Liebmann Richard Oswald Werner Scheff
Starring	Leo Connard Eva Speyer
Cinematography	Karl Freund
Production company	Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Release date	16 September 1919 (1919-09-16)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic
Languages	Silent film German intertitles

Die Arche (The Ark) is a 1919 silent science fiction film starring Leo Connard and directed by Richard Oswald. It is a two-part German epic based upon a novel by Werner Scheff. It follows the story of a near future in which civilization has been destroyed.

Cast

• Leo Connard as Ernst Pogge, Großreeder
• Eva Speyer as Helga, Ernsts Tochter
• Georg H. Schnell as Klaus Donken, Kapitän
• Oevid Molander as Walter Fahr, Ingenieur
• Eugen Klöpfer as Volkert, Steuermann
• Guido Herzfeld as Dr. Milius, Arzt
• Kissa von Sievers as Helgas Zofe
• Emil Lind as Keigo Soluma, Professor der Astronomie

References

• Wingrove, David (1985). Science Fiction Film Source Book . Harlow: Longman. ISBN   978-0-582-89310-8.

External links

• Die Arche at IMDb