Rose Bernd (1919 film)
1919 film by Alfred Halm
Rose Bernd is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Alfred Halm and starring Henny Porten and Emil Jannings. It is based on the play of the same name by Gerhart Hauptmann. Porten won critical acclaim for her role in the film.
Cast
In alphabetical order
Rudolf Biebrach as Untersuchungsrichter
Paul Bildt as August Keil
Ilka Grüning as Frau Flamm
Emil Jannings as Arthur Streckmann
Werner Krauss as Der alte Bernd
Max Maximilian
Henny Porten as Rose Bernd
Rigmore Toersleff as Martelli
Alexander Wirth as Christoph Flamm
References
Bibliography
Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.
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