Friedrich Schiller (1923 film)

Friedrich Schiller is a 1923 German silent historical film directed by Curt Goetz and starring Theodor Loos, Hermann Vallentin, and Ilka Grüning. It is a biopic of the life of the eighteenth century writer Friedrich Schiller.^[1] In 2005 the film was restored with a slightly shorter running length.

Friedrich Schiller
Directed by	Curt Goetz
Written by	Curt Goetz Max Kaufmann
Produced by	Curt Goetz
Starring	Theodor Loos Hermann Vallentin Ilka Grüning
Cinematography	Hans Scholz Otto Tober
Production company	Goetz-Film
Release date	23 March 1923 (1923-03-23)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Julian Ballenstedt. Location shooting took place in Stuttgart.

Cast

• Theodor Loos Friedrich Schiller
• Hermann Vallentin as Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
• Isabel Heermann as Gräfin Franziska von Hohenheim
• Max Pategg as Johann Kaspar Schiller, Werbeoffizier
• Ilka Grüning as Elisabeth Dorothea, seine Frau
• Robert Leffler as Pastor Christoph Moser
• Egmont Richter as Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart
• Berta Monnard as Seine Frau
• Heilo Böhlen as Ludwig, deren Sohn
• Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Der Amtmann von Blaubeuren
• Hans Carl Mueller as Kapf, Schillers Freund
• Erich Walter as Scharffenstein, Schillers Freund
• Martin Gien as Petersen, Freund Schillers
• Walter Kassing as Hoven, Freund Schillers
• Kitty Aschenbach as Luise Bischerin, Hauptmannswitwe
• Paul Bildt as Andreas Streicher, Musikus
• Carl Jönsson as Herzog Karl August von Weimar
• Max Kaufmann a sGoethe
• Philipp Manning as Intendant von Dahlberg
• Ernst Legal as Iffland
• Gottfried Kraus as General Rieger
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Nies, Aufseher der Karlsschule
• Herbert Stock as Brodhag, Ochsenwirt in Stuttgart
• Josefine Dora as Putzfrau