The Love of a Thief
1920 film
The Love of a Thief (German: Brigantenliebe) is a 1920 German silent adventure film directed by Martin Hartwig and starring Ellen Richter, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Emil Rameau.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Winter.
Cast
Ellen Richter as Fianetta
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Bandit Carlo
Julius Falkenstein as Piselli
Hugo Flink
Reinhold Köstlin
Artur Menzel
Poldi Müller as Bianca
Emil Rameau as Castrozzo
Tilly Wötzel as Castrozzo's daughter
References
Bibliography
Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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