Alkohol

{{short description|1919 film}} {{other uses of|Alcohol}} {{Infobox film | name = Alkohol | image = Alkohol (1919) poster.jpg | caption = | director = {{ubl|[[Ewald André Dupont]]|[[Alfred Lind]]}} | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Ewald André Dupont|Alfred Lind}} | starring = {{ubl|[[Wilhelm Diegelmann]]|[[Ernst Rückert]]|[[Georg H. Schnell]]|[[Emil Biron]]}} | music = | editing = | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Karl Hasselmann]]|[[Charles Paulus]]}} | studio = Stern-Film | distributor = | released = {{film date|1919}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|[[Silent film|Silent]]|[[German language|German]] intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''Alkohol''''' ('Alcohol') is a 1919 German [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Ewald André Dupont]] and [[Alfred Lind]] and starring [[Wilhelm Diegelmann]], [[Ernst Rückert]], and [[Georg H. Schnell]]. The film was begun by Lind but finished by Dupont. It was his first major melodrama, and represented a breakthrough in his career. The film's theme and setting foreshadow much of his later work.<ref>Bergfelder & Cargnelli p. 28</ref> It was one in a series of "Enlightenment films" examining social issues, which were produced around the time.<ref>Prawer p. 74</ref> It premiered at the [[Marmorhaus]] in [[Berlin]].

==Synopsis== A [[middle-class]] man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a [[variety act]] where they sink into [[alcoholism]]. He then kills another man who he mistakenly believes is a rival.

==Cast== * [[Wilhelm Diegelmann]] * [[Ernst Rückert]] * [[Georg H. Schnell]] * [[Emil Birron]] * [[Jean Moreau (actor)|Jean Moreau]] * [[Auguste Pünkösdy]] * [[Ferry Sikla]] * [[Toni Tetzlaff]] * [[Hanni Weisse]] * [[Maria Zelenka]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book | editor-last1 = Bergfelder | editor-first1 = Tim | editor-last2 = Cargnelli | editor-first2 = Christian | title = Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950 | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2008 | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-85745-019-7 }} * {{cite book | last = Prawer | first = Siegbert Salomon | author-link = Siegbert Salomon Prawer | title = Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933 | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2005 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-84545-074-8 }}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0444752}}

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