Veritas Vincit (film)
1919 film by Joe May
Veritas Vincit is a 1919 German silent historical film directed by Joe May and starring Mia May, Johannes Riemann, and Magnus Stifter. It was made as an epic in three episodes, similar to D. W. Griffith's Intolerance. The first takes place in Ancient Rome, the second during the Renaissance and the third shortly before the First World War. Although not released until Spring 1919, it had been made during the final months of the war the previous year.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Leni and Siegfried Wroblewsky. It was shot at the Weissensee Studios in Berlin and on location around the city.
Cast
Mia May as Helena / Ellinor / Komtessa Helene
Johannes Riemann as Lucfius / Ritter Lutz von Ehrenfried / Prinz Ludwig
Magnus Stifter as Decius
Emil Albes as Flavius
Wilhelm Diegelmann as Tullulus
Ferry Sikla as Fucius Asinius
Paul Biensfeldt as Digulus
Georg John as Blinder Senator
Leopold Bauer as Meister Heinrich, der Goldschmied
Lina Paulsen as Ursula
Friedrich Kühne as Florian
Bernhard Goetzke as Inder
Adolf Klein as Fürst
Olga Engl as Fürstin
Joseph Klein as General von der Tanne
Max Laurence as Untersuchungsrichter
Anders Wikman as Vicomte Rene de Montmorte
Hermann Picha as Zauberin
Emmy Wyda
Maria Forescu
Max Gülstorff as Wilddieb
References
Bibliography
Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2002.
Kreimeier, Klaus.
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