The Seeds of Life (film)

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The Seeds of Life
German Keimendes Leben
Directed by Georg Jacoby
Written byGeorg Jacoby
Paul Meissner
Produced by Paul Davidson
Léo Lasko
Starring Emil Jannings
Hanna Ralph
Hans Junkermann
Cinematography Theodor Sparkuhl
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release dates
  • October 1918 (1918-10)(Parts I & II)
  • 6 June 1919 (1919-06-06)(Part III)
Running time
234 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages Silent
German intertitles

The Seeds of Life (German : Keimendes Leben) is a German silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Emil Jannings, Hanna Ralph, and Hans Junkermann. It was released in three parts. [1] The third part in the series was released as Moral und Sinnlichkeit.

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It was made by the PAGU company at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. 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. 222. ISBN   978-1-57181-655-9.