The Wandering Light

{{short description|1916 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Wandering Light | image = | caption = | director = [[Robert Wiene]] | producer = [[Oskar Messter]] | writer = [[Ernst von Wildenbruch]] (story) [[Irene Daland]] Robert Wiene | narrator = | starring = [[Henny Porten]] [[Bruno Decarli]] [[Theodor Becker (actor)|Theodor Becker]] | music = | editing = | cinematography = | studio = [[Messter Film]] | distributor = | released = {{film date|1916|9|1|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = [[Silent film|Silent]] [[German language|German]] intertitles | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Wandering Light''''' (German: '''''Das wandernde Licht''''') is a 1916 [[Cinema of Germany|German]] [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Robert Wiene]] and starring [[Henny Porten]], [[Bruno Decarli]] and [[Theodor Becker (actor)|Theodor Becker]]. It was based on a short story by [[Ernst von Wildenbruch]].<ref>Jung & Schatzberg p.33</ref> A Count marries a woman who come to wrongly believe that he is mad.<ref>Jung & Schatzberg p.33-34</ref>

==Cast== * [[Henny Porten]] – Anna von Glassner * [[Bruno Decarli]] – Baron von Fahrenwald * [[Theodor Becker (actor)|Theodor Becker]] – Kammerdiener des Barons * [[Emil Rameau]] – Major von Glassner * [[Elsa Wagner]] – Frau von Glassner

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0007534}}

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