Precious Stones (film)

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Precious Stones
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German Edelsteine
Directed by Rudolf Biebrach
Written by Robert Wiene
Produced by Oskar Messter
Starring
Cinematography Karl Freund
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
15 February 1918
Running time
69 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages Silent
German intertitles

Precious Stones (German : Edelsteine) is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Paul Bildt, Henny Porten and Paul Hartmann. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Kainer.

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References

  1. Jung & Schatzberg p.201

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