The White Peacock (film)

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The White Peacock
Belgian poster
Directed byEwald André Dupont
Written by
Produced byHanns Lippmann
Starring
CinematographyKarl Hasselmann
Production
company
Gloria-Film
Distributed byUFA
Release date
August 12, 1920
CountryGermany
Languages
  • Silent
  • German intertitles

The White Peacock (German: Der weisse Pfau) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Guido Herzfeld, Hans Mierendorff and Karl Platen. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Leni, Robert A. Dietrich and Otto Moldenhauer

Synopsis[edit]

Its plot follows an upper-class theatregoer who falls in love with a gypsy dancer at a music hall in the East End of London, a frequent scenario of Dupont's films at the time.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.28

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
  • Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945.University of California Press, 1999.

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