The Ancestress

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The Ancestress
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  • November 1919 (1919-11)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustria
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The Ancestress (German: Die Ahnfrau) is a 1919 Austrian silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck [1] and Luise Fleck and starring Liane Haid, Max Neufeld and Karl Ehmann. [2] The same story had previously been shot in 1910.

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Meschkan.

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References

  1. "The Ancestress (1919) Review". Cinema Austriaco. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. Parish p.245

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