Lola Montez (1919 film)

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Lola Montez
Directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein
Starring Alfred Abel
Leopoldine Konstantin
Helga Lassen
Production
company
Luna-Film
Release date
  • 1919 (1919)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Lola Montez is a 1919 German silent film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Hans Albers, Marija Leiko and Oscar Marion. [1] It is a loose sequel to the 1918 film Lola Montez , and is sometimes known by the alternative titles of Lola Montez, Part II. or Lola Montez, In the Court of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

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  1. Richter p.4

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