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The Spinning Ball (1919 film)

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The Spinning Ball
Scene from a film
GermanDie rollende Kugel
Directed byRudolf Biebrach
Written byHenrik Galeen
Based onThe Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced byOskar Messter
StarringErnst Hofmann
Olga Limburg
Martha Angerstein-Licho
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 9 May 1919 (1919-05-09)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Spinning Ball (German: Die rollende Kugel) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Ernst Hofmann, Olga Limburg and Martha Angerstein-Licho.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1866 novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Das Ufa-Buch p. 50.

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Töteberg, Michael. Das Ufa-Buch. Zweitausendeins, 1992.
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