# Alkohol > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alkohol > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alkohol.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkohol > Source revision: 1341592545 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1919 film For other uses of "Alcohol", see [Alcohol (disambiguation)](/source/Alcohol_(disambiguation)). Alkohol Directed by Ewald André Dupont Alfred Lind Written by Ewald André Dupont Alfred Lind Starring Wilhelm Diegelmann Ernst Rückert Georg H. Schnell Emil Biron Cinematography Karl Hasselmann Charles Paulus Production company Stern-Film Release date 1919 (1919) Country Germany Languages Silent German intertitles ***Alkohol*** ('Alcohol') is a 1919 German [silent](/source/Silent_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Ewald André Dupont](/source/Ewald_Andr%C3%A9_Dupont) and [Alfred Lind](/source/Alfred_Lind) and starring [Wilhelm Diegelmann](/source/Wilhelm_Diegelmann), [Ernst Rückert](/source/Ernst_R%C3%BCckert), and [Georg H. Schnell](/source/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.[1] It was one in a series of "Enlightenment films" examining social issues, which were produced around the time.[2] It premiered at the [Marmorhaus](/source/Marmorhaus) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). ## Synopsis A [middle-class](/source/Middle-class) man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a [variety act](/source/Variety_act) where they sink into [alcoholism](/source/Alcoholism). He then kills another man who he mistakenly believes is a rival. ## Cast - [Wilhelm Diegelmann](/source/Wilhelm_Diegelmann) - [Ernst Rückert](/source/Ernst_R%C3%BCckert) - [Georg H. Schnell](/source/Georg_H._Schnell) - [Emil Birron](/source/Emil_Birron) - [Jean Moreau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean_Moreau_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Auguste Pünkösdy](/source/Auguste_P%C3%BCnk%C3%B6sdy) - [Ferry Sikla](/source/Ferry_Sikla) - [Toni Tetzlaff](/source/Toni_Tetzlaff) - [Hanni Weisse](/source/Hanni_Weisse) - [Maria Zelenka](/source/Maria_Zelenka) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bergfelder & Cargnelli p. 28 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Prawer p. 74 ## Bibliography - Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian, eds. (2008). *Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-85745-019-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85745-019-7). - [Prawer, Siegbert Salomon](/source/Siegbert_Salomon_Prawer) (2005). *Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84545-074-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84545-074-8). ## External links - [*Alkohol*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444752/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by E. A. Dupont Europe, General Delivery (1918) Midnight (1918) The Devil (1918) The Japanese Woman (1919) The Secret of the American Docks (1919) The Mask (1919) The Spies (1919) The Apache of Marseilles (1919) The Derby (1919) Alkohol (1919) World by the Throat (1920) The Grand Babylon Hotel (1920) The White Peacock (1920) Whitechapel (1920) Hearts Are Trumps (1920) Murder Without Cause (1921) The Vulture Wally (1921) Children of Darkness (1921) She and the Three (1922) The Green Manuela (1923) The Ancient Law (1923) The Humble Man and the Chanteuse (1925) Variety (1925) Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927) Moulin Rouge (1928) Piccadilly (1929) Atlantic (1929) Atlantik (1929) Atlantis (1930) Two Worlds (1930, UK) Two Worlds (1930, Germany) Les deux mondes (1930) Menschen im Käfig (1930) Le cap perdu (1931) Cape Forlorn (1931) Salto Mortale (1931) Salto Mortale (1931) Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932) The Marathon Runner (1933) Ladies Must Love (1933) The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) Forgotten Faces (1936) A Son Comes Home (1936) Night of Mystery (1937) On Such a Night (1937) Love on Toast (1937) Hell's Kitchen (1939) The Scarf (1951) Pictura: An Adventure in Art (1951, co-director) Problem Girls (1953) The Neanderthal Man (1953) The Steel Lady (1953) Return to Treasure Island (1954) This article related to a German film of the 1910s is a stub. 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