A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Opium
Also known as Opium: Die Sensation der Nerven in Germany
(1919) Germany
B&W : [?] Nine? reels / [?] 2486? metres
Directed by Robert Reinert

Cast: Eduard von Winterstein [Professor Gesellius], Hanna Ralph [Maria Gesellius], Werner Krauß (Werner Krauss) [Nung-Tschang], Conrad Veidt [Doktor Richard Armstrong], Sybil Morel [Sin, später Magdalena], Friedrich Kühne [Vater Doktor Armstrong (Doctor Armstrong’s father)], Alexander Delbosq [Ali], Sigrid Hohenfels [Opiummädchen (the opium girl)]

Robert Reinert Monumental Film-Werke Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production. / Produced by Robert Reinert. Scenario by Robert Reinert. Cinematography by Helmar Lerski. / Premiered 7 January 1919 in Munich, Germany. Premiered February 1919 at the Berliner Erstaufführung in Berlin, Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Keywords: Drugs: Opium - Nudity

Listing updated: 11 March 2024.

References: Website-Filmportal.

Home video: DVD.