Passion (1925 film)

For the 1940 film, see Passion (1940 film).

Passion
Directed by	Richard Eichberg
Written by	Helmuth Orthmann Hans Stürm
Produced by	Richard Eichberg
Starring	Otto Gebühr Lilian Harvey Camilla von Hollay Henri Peters-Arnolds
Cinematography	Erich Grimmler Willy Hameister
Production company	Richard Eichberg-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	26 April 1925 (1925-04-26)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Passion (German: Leidenschaft) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Otto Gebühr, Lilian Harvey and Camilla von Hollay. Harvey was by this time a rising star, and followed it with her breakthrough film Love and Trumpets released the same year.[1]

The film's art direction was by Siegfried Wroblewsky and Jacek Rotmil.

Cast

• Otto Gebühr as Olaf von Hallbek
• Lilian Harvey as Hella von Gilsa
• Camilla von Hollay as Ilse
• Henri Peters-Arnolds as Detlev
• Edda Stevens as Maria
• Dina Gralla as Pepi Gschwandner
• Owen Gorin as Bernd Arvig
• Hermann Picha as Waldemar Bornemann
• Kurt Vespermann as Rudi Anthofer
• Lydia Potechina as Helene Odanski

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 186

Bibliography

• Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-843-2.
• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Passion at IMDb