Let There Be Light (1917 film)

Let There Be Light
Poster for Part 2
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Ewald André Dupont Richard Oswald Lupu Pick
Produced by	Richard Oswald
Starring	Bernd Aldor Hugo Flink Nelly Lagarst
Cinematography	Max Fassbender
Production company	Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Release date	2 March 1917 (1917-03-02)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Let There Be Light (German : Es werde Licht!) is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Bernd Aldor, Hugo Flink and Nelly Lagarst. ^[1] It was followed by three sequels. The film was a protest against Germany's anti-abortion law, ^[2] and also touched on the dangers of syphilis. ^[3] It is a lost film.

The film's sets were designed by the art director August Rinaldi. Manfred Noa was employed as an artistic consultant.

Cast

• Bernd Aldor as Georg Mauthner, Arzt
• Hugo Flink as Paul Maunther, Maler, Georgs Bruder
• Nelly Lagarst as Assistantin
• Ernst Ludwig as Stadtrat Kaufherr
• Leontine Kühnberg as Else, dessen Tochter
• Lupu Pick as Dr. Franzius, annoncierender Arzt
• Max Gülstorff as Patient
• Kurt Vespermann as Gerd
• Kathe Oswald as Ingeborg
• Conrad Veidt as Herr Kramer

References

1. Kreimeier p. 44
2. Rogowski, Christian (2010). The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House. ISBN   9781571134295.
3. Linge, Ina (2018). "Sexology, Popular Science and Queer History in Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others)". Gender & History. 30 (3): 595–610. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12381. PMC   6282845 . PMID   30546198.

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• Let There Be Light at IMDb