A Glass of Water (1923 film)

1923 film

A Glass of Water

German| Ein Glas Wasser
Directed by| Ludwig Berger
Written by| Adolf Lantz
Ludwig Berger
Based on| A Glass of Water
by Eugène Scribe
Produced by| Erich Pommer
Starring| Mady Christians
Lucie Höflich
Hans Brausewetter
Rudolf Rittner
Cinematography| Günther Krampf
Erich Waschneck
Music by| Bruno Schulz

Production
company

Decla-Bioscop

Distributed by| UFA

Release date

* 1 February 1923 (1923-02-01)

Country| Germany
Languages| Silent
German intertitles

A Glass of Water (German: Ein Glas Wasser) is a 1923 German silent historical drama film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Mady Christians, Lucie Höflich and Hans Brausewetter. It premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo on 1 February 1923.[1] It was based on a play of the same title by Eugène Scribe, set in England during the reign of Queen Anne. The film was very well received both commercially and critically on its release. It is considered one of the milestones of Weimar cinema.[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudolf Bamberger. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Bayreuth.

## Cast[edit]

* Mady Christians as Queen Anne
* Lucie Höflich as the Duchess of Marlborough
* Hans Brausewetter as John William Masham (a fictionalised version of Samuel Masham)
* Rudolf Rittner as Lord Henry Bolingbroke (a fictionalised version of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke)
* Helga Thomas as Abigail
* Hugo Döblin as Tomwood the jeweller
* Hans Wassmann as Lord Richard Scott
* Bruno Decarli as Marquis Torcy
* Max Gülstorff as Thompson
* Franz Jackson as Hassan
* Henry Stuart
* Joseph Römer
* Gertrud Wolle

## See also[edit]

* A Glass of Water (1960)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books. p. 228\. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
2. ^ Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996. p. 78.

## External links[edit]

* A Glass of Water at IMDb

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Films directed by Ludwig Berger

* The Mayor of Zalamea (1920)
* The Story of Christine von Herre (1921)
* A Glass of Water (1923)
* The Lost Shoe (1923)
* A Waltz Dream (1925)
* The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
* The Street of Sin (1928)
* The Woman from Moscow  (1928)
* Sins of the Fathers (1928)
* The Burning Heart (1929)
* The Vagabond King (1930)
* Playboy of Paris  (1930)
* The Little Cafe (1931)
* I by Day, You by Night  (1932)
* À moi le jour, à toi la nuit (1932)
* Waltz War (1933)
* Early to Bed (1933)
* Court Waltzes (1933)
* Pygmalion (1937)
* Three Waltzes (1938)
* Ergens in Nederland  (1940)
* The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
* Ballerina (1950)

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