The Farmer from Texas

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The Farmer from Texas
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Directed by Joe May
Written by
Produced byJoe May
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UFA
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 22 October 1925 (1925-10-22)
CountryGermany
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The Farmer from Texas (German : Der Farmer aus Texas) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Mady Christians, Willy Fritsch, and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on the play Kolportage by Georg Kaiser. The film was considered a costly box office failure, contributing to a financial crisis at Germany's largest studio Universum Film AG. [1] The film's sets were designed by Paul Leni.

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  1. Kreimeier, p. 102.

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