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Nixchen (1920 film)

1920 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ22000808 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nixchen is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul Legband and starring Georg Alexander, Olga Engl and Ria Jende.

Cast

In alphabetical order

Georg Alexander as Schriftsteller

Olga Engl

Ria Jende as Nixchen

Hans Mühlhofer

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Herbert Gröndal

References

Bibliography

Brian Keith-Smith. An encyclopedia of German women writers, 1900-1933. E. Mellen Press, 1998.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Nixchen (1920 film)” as 1920 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nixchen and film.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1920, 1900, 1933, 1998—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1920-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nixchen and film providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q22000808. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1920, 1900, 1933 and 1998.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nixchen (1920 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.