The Great Duchess

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The Great Duchess
Directed by Willi Wolff
Written by
Produced by
  • Ellen Richter
  • Willi Wolff
Starring
Cinematography Sophus Wangøe
Music by Eduard Prasch
Production
company
Ellen Richter Film
Distributed by UFA
Release date
  • 29 January 1926 (1926-01-29)
CountryGermany
Languages

The Great Duchess (German: Die tolle Herzogin) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Adolf Klein and Evi Eva. [1]

Contents

The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

Cast

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References

  1. Gerhard Lamprecht. Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 8 p.860