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The Daughter of the Brigadier

film

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ64768689 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Daughter of the Brigadier (German: Die Tochter des Brigadiers) is a 1922 Austrian silent film directed by Friedrich Porges and starring Grit Haid, Nora Gregor and Max Devrient.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.

Cast

Grit Haid

Nora Gregor

Max Devrient

Hermann Romberg

Wilhelm Schmidt

Werner Schott

Otto Schmöle

Anton Dorschner

References

Bibliography

Parish, Robert. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Daughter of the Brigadier” as film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Daughter, Brigadier 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—1922, 1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1922. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Daughter, Brigadier and film providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

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Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q64768689. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922 and 1977.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Daughter of the Brigadier” 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.