In the early 1920s, the Weimar Republic faced numerous problems, including hyperinflation and political extremism. But the German film industry thrived and seemed to produce an endless stream of silent masterpieces. In the third post on our (incomplete) series of collector cards of 'Von Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film' pictures of such classics as Der Golem (1920) with Paul Wegener, Faust (1926) with Emil Jannings and Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922) with Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Ross Verlag published the collector card series for the 'Cigaretten-Bilderdienst' in Altona-Bahrenfeld.
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', picture no. 71, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Liane Haid as Lucretia Borgia and Albert Bassermann as pope Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia in Lucrezia Borgia/Lucretia Borgia (Richard Oswald, 1922).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 73, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Otto Gebühr in Fridericus Rex (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 77, group 43. Photo: Bismarck-Film. Adolf Klein as Kaiser Wilhelm I in Bismarck, 1. Teil/Bismarck, Part 1 (Ernst Wendt, 1925).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 80, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Rudolf Klein-Rogge (second from left) and Károly Huszár (left) in Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler/Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime (Fritz Lang, 1922). Caption: Dr. Mabuse, who prints false money, lets the false notes be sorted by blind people who can not betray him.
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', picture no. 71, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Liane Haid as Lucretia Borgia and Albert Bassermann as pope Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia in Lucrezia Borgia/Lucretia Borgia (Richard Oswald, 1922).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 73, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Otto Gebühr in Fridericus Rex (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 77, group 43. Photo: Bismarck-Film. Adolf Klein as Kaiser Wilhelm I in Bismarck, 1. Teil/Bismarck, Part 1 (Ernst Wendt, 1925).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 80, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Rudolf Klein-Rogge (second from left) and Károly Huszár (left) in Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler/Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime (Fritz Lang, 1922). Caption: Dr. Mabuse, who prints false money, lets the false notes be sorted by blind people who can not betray him.
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no, 81, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Henny Porten and Paul Hartmann in Monika Vogelsang (Rudolf Biebrach, 1920).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 83, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Pola Negri and Alfred Abel in Die Flamme/The Flame (Ernst Lubitsch, 1923).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 87, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück and Ernst Deutsch in Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam/The Golem: How He Came Into the World (Carl Boese, Paul Wegener, 1920). Caption: Paul Wegener as Golem, Albert Steinrück as Rabbi Loew, Ernst Deutsch as Famulus.
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture', no. 90, group 43. Photo: Decla-Film. Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Lucie Mannheim in Der steinerne Reiter/The Stone Rider (Fritz Wendhausen, 1923).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 91, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Lil Dagover and Paul Hartmann in Zur Chronik von Grieshuus/The Chronicles of the Gray House (Arthur von Gerlach, 1925).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 92, Group 42. Hans Albers as the bad spirit in Der böse Geist/Lumpaci the Vagabond (Carl Wilhelm, 1922).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 94, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Emil Jannings as Mephisto and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe in Faust (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1926).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 96, group 43. Photo: Decla-Film. Paul Hartmann and Lil Dagover in Luise Millerin (Carl Froelich, 1922).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 98. Photo: Ufa. Asta Nielsen and Conrad Veidt in Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang/The Merry-Go-Round (Richard Oswald, 1920).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 99, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Fritz Kortner and Olga Tschechowa in Nora (Berthold Viertel, 1923).
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, no. 101. Photo: Ufa. Werner Krauss in the classic German Kammerspiel film Scherben/Shattered (Lupu Pick, 1921). The woman is Edith Posca, who plays the daughter.
German collector card by Ross Verlag in the series 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film', no. 102. Photo: Ufa. Henny Porten, Wilhelm Dieterle and Fritz Kortner in Hintertreppe/Backstairs (Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni, 1921).
Our Ross Verlag Tribute will be continued next week!
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