The Holy Lie

{{short description|1927 film}} {{For|the 1954 film|Sacred Lie}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox film | name =The Holy Lie | image = | caption = | director = Holger-Madsen | producer = Carl Boese | writer ={{ubl|Karin Michaëlis (play)|Bobby E. Lüthge}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Otto Gebühr|Margarete Schlegel|Paul Bildt}} | music = Werner R. Heymann | editing = | cinematography = Karl Hasselmann | studio = {{ubl|Carl Boese-Film|Nationalfilm Produktion}} | distributor = National Film | released = {{film date|1927|9|2|df=y}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Holy Lie''''' ({{langx|de|'''Die heilige Lüge'''}}) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Holger-Madsen and starring Otto Gebühr, Margarete Schlegel, and Paul Bildt.{{sfn|Grange|p=263}}

The film's art direction was by Max Knaake.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Otto Gebühr as Kapitän Uwe Möller * Margarete Schlegel as Ingrid * Paul Bildt as Dr. Gustav Flemming * Eduard Rothauser as Professor Johanssen * Margarete Kupfer as Mrs. Kennan * Alexander Murski as Mr. Kennan * Gyula Szőreghy * Sybill Morel as Frau Lind * Maria Mindzenty as Helga * Hans Brausewetter as Erik * Oskar Homolka as Jack * Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Janus * Rudolf Lettinger as Landarzt * Erik Hanson as Bill }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Grange}} | author-link = William Grange | last = Grange | first = William | title = Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 2008 | location = Lanham, MD | isbn = 978-0-8108-5967-8 }}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0455526}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holy Lie}} Category:1927 films Category:Films of the Weimar Republic Category:Films directed by Holger-Madsen Category:German silent feature films Category:German films based on plays Category:German black-and-white films Category:National Film films Category:Films scored by Werner R. Heymann