The Black Tulip Festival

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The Black Tulip Festival
Directed by
Written by
Produced byMarie Luise Droop
Starring
Cinematography Gustave Preiss
Production
company
Ustad Film
Release date
  • 30 October 1920 (1920-10-30)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages

The Black Tulip Festival (German : Das Fest der schwarzen Tulpe) is a 1920 German silent historical film directed by Marie Luise Droop and Muhsin Ertugrul and starring Theodor Becker, Carl de Vogt, and Meinhart Maur. [1] It is based on the novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.

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  1. Leaman p. 558

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