The Priest from Kirchfeld (1926 film)

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The Priest from Kirchfeld
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Directed by Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Written by Ludwig Anzengruber (play)
Ida Jenbach
Produced by Liddy Hegewald
Starring William Dieterle
Fritz Kampers
Dieter Melzer
Cinematography Giovanni Vitrotti
Production
company
Hegewald Film
Release date
  • 12 November 1926 (1926-11-12)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Priest from Kirchfeld (German:Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring William Dieterle, Fritz Kampers and Dieter Melzer. It is based on the play Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld by Ludwig Anzengruber, one of a number of film adaptations of the work. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Rouc.

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References

  1. Goble p.903

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