Retrospektive 2012

Harakiri

Fritz Lang
DEU 1919
79 min
V'12

The silent film is one of the first Japanese-themed films depicting Japanese culture. Based on the short story «Madame Butterfly» by American lawyer and writer John Luther Long, it was released as MADAME BUTTERFLY in the United States and other countries.

Credits
  • Georg John
  • Harry Frank
  • Loni Nest
  • Paul Biensfeldt
  • Meinhard Maur
  • Rudolf Lettinger
  • Erner Hübsch
  • Käte Küster
  • Niels Prien
  • Herta Hedén
  • Joseph Roemer
  • Lil Dagover
  • nach dem Theaterstück «Madame Butterfly» von David Belasco und einer Erzählung von John Luther Long
  • Max Jungk
  • Max Fassbender
  • Heinrich Umlauff
  • Erich Pommer
Decla-Film, Berlin
35 mm
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