People in Ecstasy
1921 film directed by Richard Oswald
People in Ecstasy (German: Menschen im Rausch) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Julius Geisendörfer and starring Conrad Veidt.
Cast
Conrad Veidt as Professor Munk, Komponist
Grete Berger as Maria, seine Frau
Fritz Alberti as Feld, Operndirektor
Robert Garrison as Hamburger, Theateragent
Julius Geisendörfer as Anton, ein Zuhälter
Gussy Holl
Atti Ottendörfer
Aenne Ullstein
Heinz Ullstein
Klara von Mühlen
References
Bibliography
John T. Soister. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.
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