Mad Love (1921)
Sappho
Richard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A friend takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets him, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas to be institutionalised. Sappho genuinely falls in love with Richard, and decides to leave her vampy ways and her older lover behind her so that she can have him.
- Date of release
- 1921-09-09
- TMDB
- 7.4 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Dimitri Buchowetzki
Casting
- Pola Negri — Sappho
- Johannes Riemann — Richard de la Croix
- Alfred Abel — Andreas de la Croix
- Albert Steinrück — Georg Bertink
- Helga Molander — Maria Garden, Richard's bride
- Otto Treptow — Teddy
- Elsa Wagner — Richard's mother
- Ellinor Gynt — Dancer
Interesting facts
Sappho is a 1921 German silent film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Pola Negri as the title character. Alfred Abel, best known for his role as John Fredersen in Metropolis (1927), appears in the role of Andreas De La Croix, the insane brother.
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