{{Short description|1938 film directed by Robert A. Stemmle}} {{Infobox film | name = By a Silken Thread | image =By a Silken Thread.jpg | caption = | director = [[Robert A. Stemmle]] | producer = [[Bruno Duday]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Eberhard Frowein]] (novel)|Robert A. Stemmle}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Willy Fritsch]]|[[Carl Kuhlmann]]|[[Käthe von Nagy]]}} | music = [[Herbert Windt]] | cinematography = [[Franz Weihmayr]] | editing = [[Axel von Werner]] | studio = [[UFA GmbH|UFA]] | distributor = UFA | released ={{film date|1938|9|23|df=yes}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''By a Silken Thread''''' ({{langx|de|'''Am seidenen Faden'''}}) is a 1938 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Robert A. Stemmle]] and starring [[Willy Fritsch]], [[Carl Kuhlmann]] and [[Käthe von Nagy]]. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked [[Jewish]] [[capitalists]]"<ref>Kreimeier p.286</ref> in line with [[Nazi]] racial policy of the era. It was shot at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] of [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] in [[Potsdam]].<ref>Klaus p.23</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Otto Hunte]].
==Cast== * [[Willy Fritsch]] as Richard Hellwerth * [[Carl Kuhlmann]] as Wilhelm Eickhoff * [[Käthe von Nagy]] as Lissy Eickhoff * [[Stella David]] as Wirtschafterin Frida Mann * [[Bernhard Minetti]] as Dr. Heinrich Breuer * [[Erich Ponto]] as Theodor Kalbach * [[Willi Schur]] as Werkmeister Schwafels * [[Paul Bildt]] as Bankier Brögelmann * [[Eduard Wandrey]] as Justizrat Bellert * [[Hildegard Barko]] as Dienstmädchen Anna * [[Ina Albrecht]] as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * [[Johanna Blum]] as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * [[Hildegard Busse]] as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * [[Alfred Karen]] as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * [[Ethel Reschke]] as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * [[Rudolf Schündler]] as Von Tettenboom * [[Peter Elsholtz]] as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff * [[Robert Forsch]] as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff * [[Vera Hartegg]] as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff * [[Walter Schramm-Duncker]] as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff * [[Erich Bartels]] as Reisender im Zugabteil * [[Brunhilde Födisch]] as Reisende im Zugabteil * [[Ursula Zeitz]] as Dienstmädchen bei Eickhoffs Fest * [[Adolf Fischer (actor)|Adolf Fischer]] as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth * [[Wolfgang Staudte]] as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth * [[Hans Sobierayski]] as Polizist, der Lizzy abführt * [[Clemens Hasse]] as Polizist bei der Razzia * [[Hellmuth Passarge]] as Polizist bei der Razzia * [[Illo Gutschwager]] as Arbeiter bei der Firma Hellwerth * [[Wera Schultz]] as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest * [[Werner Pledath]] as Polizeikommissar bei der Verhaftung * [[Georg H. Schnell]] as Dr. Klipper * [[Hermann Pfeiffer (actor)|Hermann Pfeiffer]] as Büring * [[Wilfried Seyferth]] as Verkäufer der Firma Hellwerth * [[Fritz Klaudius]] as Herr Kundmann * [[Eduard Bornträger]] as Fabrikant * [[Eric Harden]] as Fabrikant * [[Hermann Meyer-Falkow]] as Fabrikant * [[Hans Timerding]] as Fabrikant * [[Alfred Heynisch]] as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel * [[Erik von Loewis]] as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel * [[Franz Weilhammer]] as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel * [[Liesl Eckardt]] as Beschäftigte an den neuen Maschinen * [[Karl Morvilius]] as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen * [[Albert Venohr]] as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen * [[Hildegard Friebel]] as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth * [[Hildegard Unger]] as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth * [[Alfred Pussert]] as Diener Eickhoffs * [[Otto F. Henning]] as Vorsitzender des Arbeitsgerichts * [[Kurt Klotz-Oberland]] as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung * [[F.W. Schröder-Schrom]] as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung * [[Walter Kunkel]] as Young lawyer * [[Kurt Waitzmann]] as Young lawyer * [[Inge Conradi]] as Frl. Fichtner * [[Karl Fisser]] * [[Käthe Jöken-König]] * [[Hellmuth Lang]] * [[Kurt Weisse]]
==Production== ''By a Silken Thread'' was directed by [[Robert A. Stemmle]] and produced by [[UFA GmbH|UFA]].{{sfn|Kelson|1996|p=17}}
==Release== It was banned from being shown in Germany by the [[Allied High Commission]] after [[World War II]].{{sfn|Kelson|1996|p=17}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Works cited== * {{cite book|last=Kelson |first=John |title=Catalogue of Forbidden German Feature and Short Film Productions held in Zonal Film Archives of Film Section, Information Services Division, Control Commission for Germany, (BE) |edition=2 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |date=1996 |isbn=0948911190}}
==Further reading== * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945''. University of California Press, 1999.
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0166074}}
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