The Black Panther (1921 film)

The Black Panther
Directed by	Johannes Guter
Written by	Hans Janowitz Johannes Guter
Based on	a play by Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Yelena Polevitskaya Xenia Desni Eugen Burg Wilhelm Diegelmann
Cinematography	Paul Holzki
Production company	Russo Film
Distributed by	Decla-Bioscop
Release date	14 October 1921 (1921-10-14)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Black Panther (German: Die schwarze Pantherin) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Yelena Polevitskaya, Xenia Desni and Eugen Burg. The film was produced by Russo Film, a small production outfit associated with Decla-Bioscop, which had been set up to produce films based on literature.[1] The film was adapted from a play by Volodymyr Vynnychenko. It premiered on 14 October 1921 at a Decla cinema on the Unter den Linden.[2]

Cast

• Yelena Polevitskaya as Rita
• Xenia Desni as Vera, Schriftstellerin
• Eugen Burg as Moulin, ein Kunstkritiker
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as der alte Kornej
• Ivan Bulatov as der Gutsverwalter, Ritas Vater
• Leonhard Haskel as ein Agent
• Rudolf Hofbauer as der Kardinal, ein Maler
• Friedrich Kühne as ein Arzt
• Lina Paulsen as Frau des alten Kornej
• Adele Sandrock as die Wirtin einer Kuenstlerkneipe
• Hermann Vallentin as Antonius Qualm, ein Dichter
• Yuri Yurovsky as Kornej, ein Bauernmaler

References

1. Hardt p. 52
2. Hardt p. 225

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Providence: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
• Soroka, Mykola (2012). Faces of Displacement: The Writings of Volodymyr Vynnychenko. Montréal: McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-4037-8.

External links

• The Black Panther at IMDb