The Lost Shoe

The Lost Shoe
Directed by	Ludwig Berger
Written by	Clemens Brentano E.T.A. Hoffmann Ludwig Berger
Produced by	Erich Pommer Eduard Kubat
Starring	Helga Thomas Paul Hartmann Mady Christians
Cinematography	Otto Baecker Günther Krampf
Music by	Guido Bagier
Production company	Decla-Bioscop
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	5 December 1923 (1923-12-05)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Lost Shoe (German: Der verlorene Schuh) is a 1923 German silent fantasy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Helga Thomas, Paul Hartmann and Mady Christians. Its plot is loosely based on that of Cinderella. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudolf Bamberger. The film premiered on 5 December 1923 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. It was produced by Decla-Bioscop which was by then part of the large UFA conglomerate.

Cast

• Helga Thomas as Marie
• Paul Hartmann as Anselm Franz
• Frida Richard as Patin
• Hermann Thimig as Baron Steiß-Steßling
• Lucie Höflich as Countess Benrat
• Mady Christians as Violante
• Olga Chekhova as Estella
• Max Gülstorff as Baron von Cucoli
• Gertrud Eysoldt as Rauerin
• Leonhard Haskel as Prince Habakuk XXVI
• Werner Hollmann as Count Ekelmann
• Georg John as Jon
• Emilie Kurz as Princess Alloysia
• Paula Conrada Schlenther as Princess Anastasia
• Arnold Korff

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

• The Lost Shoe at IMDb