Monna Vanna (1922 film)

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Directed by Richard Eichberg
Written by Niccolò Machiavelli (story)
Maurice Maeterlinck (play)
Olga Alsen
Helmuth Orthmann
Starring Lee Parry
Paul Wegener
Hans Stürm
Cinematography Paul Adler
Erich Grimmler
Max Lutze
Franz Planer
Georg Schubert
Music by Cancio Millán
Production
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Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
21 December 1922
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Monna Vanna is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Paul Wegener, and Hans Stürm. [1]

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The film is based on the play Monna Vanna by Maurice Maeterlinck which itself drew on story by the sixteenth century writer Niccolò Machiavelli. It was made at the Emelka Studios near Munich as part of a deal Eichberg had struck with Bavaria Film. Some filming also took place at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Reiber, Jacek Rotmil and Kurt Richter.

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  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 104

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