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The Hunt for Death

1920 film by Karl Gerhardt

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ21468573 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Hunt for Death (German: Die Jagd nach dem Tode) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Karl Gerhardt and starring Lil Dagover. It was followed by three sequels.

The film's art direction was by Hermann Warm.

Cast

In alphabetical order

References

Bibliography

Behr, Shulamith; Fanning, David; Jarman, Douglas, eds. (1993). Expressionism Reassessed. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-3844-0.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “The Hunt for Death” as 1920 film by Karl Gerhardt. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1920, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1920-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Hunt, Death and film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1920 film by Karl Gerhardt. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21468573. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1920 and 1993.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “The Hunt for Death”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow The Hunt for Death primary sources, The Hunt for Death archive and Hunt research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from “The Hunt for Death” 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.