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 collectors cards of Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst 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 collectors card series in 1935 for the 'Cigaretten-Bilderdienst', Altona-Bahrenfeld.
Liane Haid and Albert Bassermann in Lucrezia Borgia (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 71, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Liane Haid as Lucretia Borgia and Albert Bassermann as pope Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia in Lucrezia Borgia/Lucretia Borgia (Richard Oswald, 1922).
Otto Gebühr in Fridericus Rex (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 73, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Fridericus Rex (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922).
Adolf Klein in Bismarck, 1. Teil (1925). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 77, group 43. Photo: Bismarck-Film. Publicity still for Bismarck, 1. Teil/Bismarck, Part 1 (Ernst Wendt, 1925) with Adolf Klein as Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Károly Huszár in Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 80, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Károly Huszár (left) and Rudolf Klein-Rogge (second from 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 sort by blind people who can not betray him.
Henny Porten and Paul Hartmann in Monika Vogelsang (1920). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture, picture no, 81, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Monika Vogelsang (Rudolf Biebrach, 1920).
Pola Negri and Alfred Abel in Die Flamme (1923). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 83, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Die Flamme/The Flame (Ernst Lubitsch, 1923).
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück and Ernst Deutsch in Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 87, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for 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.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Lucie Mannheim in Der steinerne Reiter (1923). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture, picture no. 90, group 43. Photo: Decla-Film. Publicity still for Der steinerne Reiter/The Stone Rider (Fritz Wendhausen, 1923).
Lil Dagover and Paul Hartmann in Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1925). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 91, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Zur Chronik von Grieshuus/The Chronicles of the Gray House ( Arthur von Gerlach, 1925).
Yvette Guilbert and Emil Jannings in Faust (1926). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 94, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Emil Jannings as Mephisto and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe in Faust (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1926).
Paul Hartmann and Lil Dagover in Luise Millerin (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 96, group 43. Photo: Decla-Film. Publicity still for Luise Millerin (1922).
Asta Nielsen and Conrad Veidt in Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang (1920). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 98. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang/The Merry-Go-Round (Richard Oswald, 1920).
Fritz Kortner and Olga Tschechowa in Nora (1923). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 99, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Nora (Berthold Viertel, 1923).
Werner Krauss in Scherben (1921). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 101. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Werner Krauss in the classic German Kammerspiel film Scherben/Shattered (Lupu Pick, 1921). The woman is Edith Posca, who plays the daughter.
Henny Porten, Wilhelm Dieterle and Fritz Kortner in Hintertreppe (1921). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 102. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Hintertreppe/Backstairs (Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni, 1921).
To be continued next Saturday!
Liane Haid and Albert Bassermann in Lucrezia Borgia (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 71, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Liane Haid as Lucretia Borgia and Albert Bassermann as pope Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia in Lucrezia Borgia/Lucretia Borgia (Richard Oswald, 1922).
Otto Gebühr in Fridericus Rex (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 73, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Fridericus Rex (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922).
Adolf Klein in Bismarck, 1. Teil (1925). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 77, group 43. Photo: Bismarck-Film. Publicity still for Bismarck, 1. Teil/Bismarck, Part 1 (Ernst Wendt, 1925) with Adolf Klein as Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Károly Huszár in Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 80, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Károly Huszár (left) and Rudolf Klein-Rogge (second from 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 sort by blind people who can not betray him.
Henny Porten and Paul Hartmann in Monika Vogelsang (1920). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture, picture no, 81, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Monika Vogelsang (Rudolf Biebrach, 1920).
Pola Negri and Alfred Abel in Die Flamme (1923). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 83, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Die Flamme/The Flame (Ernst Lubitsch, 1923).
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück and Ernst Deutsch in Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 87, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for 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.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Lucie Mannheim in Der steinerne Reiter (1923). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture, picture no. 90, group 43. Photo: Decla-Film. Publicity still for Der steinerne Reiter/The Stone Rider (Fritz Wendhausen, 1923).
Lil Dagover and Paul Hartmann in Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1925). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 91, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Zur Chronik von Grieshuus/The Chronicles of the Gray House ( Arthur von Gerlach, 1925).
Yvette Guilbert and Emil Jannings in Faust (1926). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 94, group 40. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Emil Jannings as Mephisto and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe in Faust (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1926).
Paul Hartmann and Lil Dagover in Luise Millerin (1922). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 96, group 43. Photo: Decla-Film. Publicity still for Luise Millerin (1922).
Asta Nielsen and Conrad Veidt in Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang (1920). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 98. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang/The Merry-Go-Round (Richard Oswald, 1920).
Fritz Kortner and Olga Tschechowa in Nora (1923). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 99, group 43. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Nora (Berthold Viertel, 1923).
Werner Krauss in Scherben (1921). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 101. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still with Werner Krauss in the classic German Kammerspiel film Scherben/Shattered (Lupu Pick, 1921). The woman is Edith Posca, who plays the daughter.
Henny Porten, Wilhelm Dieterle and Fritz Kortner in Hintertreppe (1921). German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film, picture no. 102. Photo: Ufa. Publicity still for Hintertreppe/Backstairs (Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni, 1921).
To be continued next Saturday!
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