The Rosentopf Case

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The Rosentopf Case
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Film poster by Josef Fenneker 1918
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Written byErnst Lubitsch
Produced by Paul Davidson
Starring
Cinematography Alfred Hansen
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
20 September 1918
CountryGermany
Languages

The Rosentopf Case (German: Der Fall Rosentopf) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Lubitsch, Trude Hesterberg and Margarete Kupfer. [1]

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It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Leni and Kurt Richter.

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References

  1. Thomson p.145

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