Agnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold hundreds of thousands of copies before being adapted into this tale of timeless passion, the beautiful The Saint and the Fool. The unapologetically sentimental classic was directed by Wilhelm Dieterle, who launched a successful career in Weimar cinema before becoming known for romantic, lush melodramas and technicolor extravaganzas, including 1945′s Marlene Dietrich unforgettable Love Letters. The dashing Dieterle himself plays Harrogate, Earl of Torstein, whose star-crossed love for the luminous Rosemarie of Brauneck (Lien Deyers, discovered by Fritz Lang) is further doomed by royal heroes and villains, the requisite evil stepmother, and fantastical elements that channel the intoxicating romance of Camille through the magic of the Brothers Grimm.
Release: 1928
Rating: 0.0
Genre: Romance, Drama
Duration: 99 min
Country: Germany
Production: Deutsche Film-Union AG (Defu) (Berlin)
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William Dieterle
as Harro, Graf von Torstein
Lien Deyers
as Rosemarie von Brauneck
Gina Manès
as Fürstin von Brauneck
Sophie Pagay
as Tante Uli
Camilla von Hollay
as
Mathilde Sussin
as