Der Herr der Liebe is a 1919

1919 in film

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 directed in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 by Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...

. It was his second film after Halbblut

Halbblut

Halbblut is a 1919 silent film directed by Fritz Lang. It was Lang's first film. The film starred Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, and Carl Gerard Schröder....

. The film starred Carl de Vogt

Carl de Vogt

Carl de Vogt was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded several discs. His greatest hit was "Der Fremdenlegionär"...

 and Gilda Langer, stars of Lang's

Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...

 debut feature.

Synopsis

Scant information exists about this high-society drama, a tragic love story which is still missing. Only the second effort from the legendary director Fritz Lang, the film reunites the leads from his debut film Halbblut, with Carl de Vogt

Carl de Vogt

Carl de Vogt was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded several discs. His greatest hit was "Der Fremdenlegionär"...

 playing Vasile Disescu, whose devotion for Yvette (Gilda Langer) brings about his ruination. Der Herr der Liebeespecially tantalizes today because it is also said to feature Lang himself, acting in a supporting role.

The film is now considered to be lost

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

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External links

• http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/pbrown/tag/german
• http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=490684
• http://www.answers.com/topic/der-herr-der-liebe