The Slipper Hero | |
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German | Der Pantoffelheld |
Directed by | Reinhold Schünzel |
Written by | Robert Liebmann |
Produced by | Victor Micheluzzi Reinhold Schünzel |
Starring | Scott van Balen Liane Haid Paul Hartmann |
Cinematography | Curt Courant |
Production company | Micco Film |
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Countries | Austria Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
Juliane "Liane" Haid was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.
Reinhold Schünzel was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite being of Jewish ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he eventually left in 1937 to live abroad.
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