The Master of Nuremberg

{{Short description|1927 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Master of Nuremberg | image = Matejko, Der Meister von Nürnberg, 1927.jpg | caption = Poster | director = [[Ludwig Berger (director)|Ludwig Berger]] | producer = | writer = {{plainlist| * Ludwig Berger * [[Robert Liebmann]] * Rudolf Rittner }} |based_on = {{Based on|''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''|[[Richard Wagner]]}} | starring = {{ubl|[[Rudolf Rittner]]|[[Max Gülstorff]]|[[Gustav Fröhlich]]|[[Julius Falkenstein]]}} | music = [[Willy Schmidt-Gentner]] | editing = | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Axel Graatkjær]]|[[Karl Puth]]}} | studio = [[Phoebus Film]] | distributor = Phoebus Film | released = {{Film date|1927|09|05|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|Silent|German [[intertitles]]}} | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Master of Nuremberg''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der Meister von Nürnberg'''}}) is a 1927 [[Cinema of Germany|German]] [[silent film|silent]] [[historical film|historical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ludwig Berger (director)|Ludwig Berger]] and starring [[Rudolf Rittner]], [[Max Gülstorff]] and [[Gustav Fröhlich]]. It is based on the 1868 opera ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]]. It was considered artistically unsuccessful because of its overly theatrical presentation.<ref>Manvell p. 200</ref> It is also known by the [[alternative title]] '''''The Meistersinger'''''.

The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Rudolf Bamberger]].

After completing the film Berger emigrated to work in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], although he later returned to Germany.

==Cast== [[File:The Master of Nuremberg.png|thumb|[[Rudolf Rittner]] in a scene from the film]] * [[Rudolf Rittner]] as Hans Sachs * [[Max Gülstorff]] as Veit Pogner * [[Gustav Fröhlich]] as Walter von Stolzing * [[Julius Falkenstein]] as Beckmesser * [[Veit Harlan]] as David * [[Maria Matray]] * [[Elsa Wagner]] * [[Hans Wassmann]] * [[Hermann Picha]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Hermanni, Horst O. ''Von Dorothy Dandridge bis Willy Fritsch: Das Film ABC, Volume 2''. Books on Demand, 2009. * Manvell, Robert. ''Experiment in the Film''. Arno Press, 1949.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0018155}}

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