Ruth's Two Husbands

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Ruth's Two Husbands
Directed by Rudolf Biebrach
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Willy Gaebel
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
  • 25 July 1919 (1919-07-25)
CountryGermany
Languages

Ruth's Two Husbands (German: Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth) is a 1919 German silent film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten, Curt Goetz and Meinhart Maur. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by Kurt Dürnhöfer and Jack Winter

Cast

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References

  1. Krautz p.105

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