The Man of Action

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The Man of Action
German Der Mann der Tat
Directed by Victor Janson
Written by Robert Wiene
Produced by Paul Davidson
Starring Emil Jannings
Hanna Ralph
Hermann Böttcher
Cinematography Frederik Fuglsang
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
  • February 1919 (1919-02)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Man of Action (German: Der Mann der Tat) is a 1919 German silent film directed by Victor Janson and starring Emil Jannings, Hanna Ralph and Hermann Böttcher. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.

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References

  1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 224. ISBN   1571816550. JSTOR   j.ctt1x76dm6.