The Plague in Florence (1919)
Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.
Director:
Otto Rippert
Writer:
Fritz Lang
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Marga von Kierska as Julia |
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Anders Wikman as Lorenzo |
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Theodor Becker as Medardus |
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Otto Mannstaedt as Cesare |
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Karl Bernhard as Lorenzo's Confidant |
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Hans Walter as Julia's Confidant |
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Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Julia's Maid |
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Julietta Brandt as The Plague |
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Erner Huebsch as Monk |
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Franz Knaak as Cardinal |
| Directing | Otto Rippert | Director |
| Writing | Edgar Allan Poe | Short Story |
| Production | Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Writing | Fritz Lang | Screenplay |
| Camera | Emil Schünemann | Director of Photography |
| Art | Franz Jaffe | Art Direction |
| Art | Hermann Warm | Art Direction |
| Camera | Willy Hameister | Director of Photography |
| Art | Walter Röhrig | Art Direction |
| Camera | Carl Hoffmann | Director of Photography |
| Art | Walter Reimann | Art Direction |