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The Saint and Her Fool (1928)
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The Saint and Her Fool (German:Die Heilige und ihr Narr) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Lien Deyers and Gina Manès. It was based on a novel by Agnes Günther and premiered at the Capital am Zoo in Berlin. Art direction was by Andrej Andrejew. For a long time, the movie was considered lost. Although never released in the US, a nitrate copy was discovered in Jack Warner's personal vault. In 2008 it was given to the UCLA in Los Angeles and restored.
Actors
William Dieterle
(Harro, Graf von Torstein)
Gina Manès
(Fürstin von Brauneck)
Lien Deyers
(Rosemarie von Brauneck)
Camilla von Hollay
(Fräulein Braun)
Mathilde Sussin
(Frau von Hardenstein)
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