The Great Light (1920)
Das große Licht
Lorenz Ferleitner has worked his way up from a poor but gifted farm boy to a recognized master builder. When a new cathedral is to be built, he is given the honor of carrying out the task. He would like to commission the unknown young painter Fritz Rasmussen to decorate the dome. The director of the art academy, Professor Marquardt, however, wants to employ his untalented nephew for the painting work. A bitter conflict unfolds.
- Date of release
- 1920-05-07
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Hanna Henning
Casting
- Emil Jannings — Lorenz Ferleitner
- Kurt Vespermann — Fritz Rasmussen
- Frida Richard — Frau Rasmussen
- Margarete Schön — Charlotte Rasmussen
- Albert Patry — Dr. Sellnitz
- Wilhelm Diegelmann — Burghaber
- Hermann Böttcher — Prof. Marquard
- Max Pohl — Goldner
- Karl Rückert — General von Schönherr
- Hanna Ralph
Interesting facts
The Big Light is a 1920 German silent film directed by Hanna Henning and starring Hermann Böttcher, Wilhelm Diegelmann, and Emil Jannings.
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