The Red Peacock
1920 film
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The Red Peacock (German: Arme Violetta) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri and Victor Varconi.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and distributed by UFA. Long thought lost, the film was rediscovered in a New York basement in 2020.[2] The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils's 1848 novel, La Dame aux Camelias.[3]
Directed byPaul L. Stein
Written byJames Ashmore Creelman
Hanns Kräly
Hanns Kräly
Based onLa Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils
Produced byPaul Davidson
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| Directed by | Paul L. Stein |
| Written by | James Ashmore Creelman Hanns Kräly |
| Based on | La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils |
| Produced by | Paul Davidson |
| Starring | Pola Negri Victor Varconi |
| Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent (German intertitles) |
Cast
- Pola Negri as Violetta Duclos
- Alexander Antalffy as Gaston
- Paul Biensfeldt as Alfred's father
- Michael Bohnen
- Ernst Bringolf
- Guido Herzfeld as Violetta's father
- Paul Otto as Graf von Geray
- Greta Schröder as Alfred's sister
- Victor Varconi as Alfred Germont
- Marga von Kierska as Flora