Poor Jenny (film)

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Poor Jenny
Directed by Urban Gad
Written byUrban Gad
Starring Asta Nielsen
Cinematography Guido Seeber
Production
company
Distributed by PAGU
Release date
2 March 1912
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Poor Jenny (German:Die arme Jenny) is a 1912 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Gad's wife Asta Nielsen, Leo Peukert and Emil Albes. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich.

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References

  1. Kapczynski & Richardson p.47

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