The Thirteen of Steel

The Thirteen of Steel
Directed by	Johannes Guter
Written by	Wolfgang Geiger Johannes Guter
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Carl de Vogt Georg H. Schnell Claire Lotto
Cinematography	A.O. Weitzenberg
Production company	Decla-Bioscop
Distributed by	Decla-Bioscop
Release date	14 January 1921 (1921-01-14)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Thirteen of Steel (German: Die Dreizehn aus Stahl) is a 1921 German silent crime film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Carl de Vogt, Georg H. Schnell and Claire Lotto.[1][2] It was produced by Erich Pommer for Decla-Bioscop before the company merged with UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Seemann.

Cast

• Carl de Vogt as Frank Steen
• Georg H. Schnell as Robert Chester
• Claire Lotto as Mary Reading
• Rudolf Hofbauer as Davis
• Joseph Klein as Ship's Captain
• Nien Soen Ling as Wirt zum "Tanzenden Chinesen"
• Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Pensionsvorsteherin
• Camillo Triembacher as Beverley
• Lo Wedekind as Sidd
• Lore Busch as Wirtin zur "Weißen Maus"
• Paul Hallström as Wirt zur "Schwarzen Ratte"

References

1. Giesen p.145
2. Hardt p.222
3. Jacobsen p.353

Bibliography

• Giesen, Rolf . The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019.
• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
• Jacobsen, Wolfgang. Babelsberg: das Filmstudio. Argon, 1994.

External links

• The Thirteen of Steel at IMDb