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Die Heilige und ihr Narr (1928)
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.
Updated May 27 2020
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Cast
Gina Manès
Fürstin von Brauneck
Lien Deyers
Rosemarie von Brauneck
Sophie Pagay
Tante Uli
Camilla von Hollay
Crew
Frederik Fuglsang
Director of Photography
Curt J. Braun
Writer
William Dieterle
Director
Charlotte Hagenbruch
Writer
Agnes Günther
Novel
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