Die Flucht In Die Nacht (Henry IV) (1926)

Also known as The Flight in the Night

1926 · Silent film · 45 min · dir. Amleto Palermi

• Drama

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Synopsis

Based on the play Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. Conrad Veidt plays Count di Nolli, a nobleman who, after a head injury, imagines he is the medieval emperor. His friends and relatives choose to play along, dressing up as medieval courtiers, but is di Nolli truly mad, or just pretending? The art direction was by Hermann Warm. It was shot on location in Italy. 6 acts, 1856 meters.

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Details

Director

Amleto Palermi

Writer

Curt Wesse

Cinematography

Curt Courant

Studio

Nero Films

Released

1926-12-13

Original title

Die Flucht in die Nacht

Running time

45 minutes

Language

German

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Conrad Veidt, Luigi Pirandello, Amleto Palermi,
• silent film
• silent cinema
• german cinema
• italian cinema
• european cinema

Cast & crew

• Amleto Palermi Director
• Conrad Veidt
• Angelo Ferrari
• Robert Scholz
• Paul Biensfeldt
• Oreste Bilancia
• Agnes Esterhazy
• EEnrica Fantis
• CCarl Geppert

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