# By a Silken Thread > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/By_a_Silken_Thread > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/By_a_Silken_Thread.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_a_Silken_Thread > Source revision: 1352691318 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1938 film directed by Robert A. Stemmle By a Silken Thread Directed by Robert A. Stemmle Written by Eberhard Frowein (novel) Robert A. Stemmle Produced by Bruno Duday Starring Willy Fritsch Carl Kuhlmann Käthe von Nagy Cinematography Franz Weihmayr Edited by Axel von Werner Music by Herbert Windt Production company UFA Distributed by UFA Release date 23 September 1938 (1938-09-23) Running time 92 minutes Country Germany Language German ***By a Silken Thread*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Am seidenen Faden***) is a 1938 German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Robert A. Stemmle](/source/Robert_A._Stemmle) and starring [Willy Fritsch](/source/Willy_Fritsch), [Carl Kuhlmann](/source/Carl_Kuhlmann) and [Käthe von Nagy](/source/K%C3%A4the_von_Nagy). The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked [Jewish](/source/Jewish) [capitalists](/source/Capitalists)"[1] in line with [Nazi](/source/Nazi) racial policy of the era. It was shot at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) of [UFA](/source/Universum_Film_AG) in [Potsdam](/source/Potsdam).[2] The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Otto Hunte](/source/Otto_Hunte). ## Cast - [Willy Fritsch](/source/Willy_Fritsch) as Richard Hellwerth - [Carl Kuhlmann](/source/Carl_Kuhlmann) as Wilhelm Eickhoff - [Käthe von Nagy](/source/K%C3%A4the_von_Nagy) as Lissy Eickhoff - [Stella David](/source/Stella_David) as Wirtschafterin Frida Mann - [Bernhard Minetti](/source/Bernhard_Minetti) as Dr. Heinrich Breuer - [Erich Ponto](/source/Erich_Ponto) as Theodor Kalbach - [Willi Schur](/source/Willi_Schur) as Werkmeister Schwafels - [Paul Bildt](/source/Paul_Bildt) as Bankier Brögelmann - [Eduard Wandrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Wandrey&action=edit&redlink=1) as Justizrat Bellert - [Hildegard Barko](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegard_Barko&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dienstmädchen Anna - [Ina Albrecht](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ina_Albrecht&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest - [Johanna Blum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johanna_Blum&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest - [Hildegard Busse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegard_Busse&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest - [Alfred Karen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Karen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest - [Ethel Reschke](/source/Ethel_Reschke) as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest - [Rudolf Schündler](/source/Rudolf_Sch%C3%BCndler) as Von Tettenboom - [Peter Elsholtz](/source/Peter_Elsholtz) as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff - [Robert Forsch](/source/Robert_Forsch) as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff - [Vera Hartegg](/source/Vera_Hartegg) as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff - [Walter Schramm-Duncker](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Schramm-Duncker&action=edit&redlink=1) as Passagier auf dem Rückkehrschiff - [Erich Bartels](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erich_Bartels&action=edit&redlink=1) as Reisender im Zugabteil - [Brunhilde Födisch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brunhilde_F%C3%B6disch&action=edit&redlink=1) as Reisende im Zugabteil - [Ursula Zeitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ursula_Zeitz&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dienstmädchen bei Eickhoffs Fest - [Adolf Fischer](/source/Adolf_Fischer_(actor)) as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth - [Wolfgang Staudte](/source/Wolfgang_Staudte) as Arbeiter bei Hellwerth - [Hans Sobierayski](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Sobierayski&action=edit&redlink=1) as Polizist, der Lizzy abführt - [Clemens Hasse](/source/Clemens_Hasse) as Polizist bei der Razzia - [Hellmuth Passarge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hellmuth_Passarge&action=edit&redlink=1) as Polizist bei der Razzia - [Illo Gutschwager](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Illo_Gutschwager&action=edit&redlink=1) as Arbeiter bei der Firma Hellwerth - [Wera Schultz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wera_Schultz&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gast bei Eickhoffs Fest - [Werner Pledath](/source/Werner_Pledath) as Polizeikommissar bei der Verhaftung - [Georg H. Schnell](/source/Georg_H._Schnell) as Dr. Klipper - [Hermann Pfeiffer](/source/Hermann_Pfeiffer_(actor)) as Büring - [Wilfried Seyferth](/source/Wilfried_Seyferth) as Verkäufer der Firma Hellwerth - [Fritz Klaudius](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fritz_Klaudius&action=edit&redlink=1) as Herr Kundmann - [Eduard Bornträger](/source/Eduard_Borntr%C3%A4ger) as Fabrikant - [Eric Harden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Harden&action=edit&redlink=1) as Fabrikant - [Hermann Meyer-Falkow](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hermann_Meyer-Falkow&action=edit&redlink=1) as Fabrikant - [Hans Timerding](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Timerding&action=edit&redlink=1) as Fabrikant - [Alfred Heynisch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Heynisch&action=edit&redlink=1) as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel - [Erik von Loewis](/source/Erik_von_Loewis) as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel - [Franz Weilhammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franz_Weilhammer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Begleiter Eickhoffs bei der Hochzeitstafel - [Liesl Eckardt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liesl_Eckardt&action=edit&redlink=1) as Beschäftigte an den neuen Maschinen - [Karl Morvilius](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Morvilius&action=edit&redlink=1) as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen - [Albert Venohr](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Venohr&action=edit&redlink=1) as Beschäftigter an den neuen Maschinen - [Hildegard Friebel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegard_Friebel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth - [Hildegard Unger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegard_Unger&action=edit&redlink=1) as Büroangestellte bei Hellwerth - [Alfred Pussert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Pussert&action=edit&redlink=1) as Diener Eickhoffs - [Otto F. Henning](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otto_F._Henning&action=edit&redlink=1) as Vorsitzender des Arbeitsgerichts - [Kurt Klotz-Oberland](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Klotz-Oberland&action=edit&redlink=1) as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung - [F.W. Schröder-Schrom](/source/F.W._Schr%C3%B6der-Schrom) as Jurist bei der Gerichtssitzung - [Walter Kunkel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Kunkel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Young lawyer - [Kurt Waitzmann](/source/Kurt_Waitzmann) as Young lawyer - [Inge Conradi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inge_Conradi&action=edit&redlink=1) as Frl. Fichtner - [Karl Fisser](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Fisser&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Käthe Jöken-König](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K%C3%A4the_J%C3%B6ken-K%C3%B6nig&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Hellmuth Lang](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hellmuth_Lang&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Kurt Weisse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Weisse&action=edit&redlink=1) ## Production *By a Silken Thread* was directed by [Robert A. Stemmle](/source/Robert_A._Stemmle) and produced by [UFA](/source/UFA_GmbH).[3] ## Release It was banned from being shown in Germany by the [Allied High Commission](/source/Allied_High_Commission) after [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kreimeier p.286 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Klaus p.23 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelson199617_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelson199617_3-1) [Kelson 1996](#CITEREFKelson1996), p. 17. ## Works cited - Kelson, John (1996). *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)* (2 ed.). [Greenwood Publishing Group](/source/Greenwood_Publishing_Group). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0948911190](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/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 - [*By a Silken Thread*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166074/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Robert A. Stemmle Charley's Aunt (1934) Heinz in the Moon (1934) Such a Rascal (1934) The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1936) Dangerous Crossing (1937) Daphne and the Diplomat (1937) By a Silken Thread (1938) The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938) Man for Man (1939) The Big Game (1942) Johann (1943) The Millionaire (1947) The Berliner (1948) Abbiamo vinto! (1951) The Sinful Border (1951) Homesick for You (1952) Toxi (1952) Southern Nights (1953) Emil and the Detectives (1954) The Perfect Couple (1954) A Heart Full of Music (1955) You Can No Longer Remain Silent (1955) Die unvollkommene Ehe (1959) This article related to a German film of the 1930s is a stub. 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