Let There Be Light (1917 film)

1917 film

Let There Be Light
Poster for Part 2
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Ewald André Dupont Richard Oswald Lupu Pick
Produced by	Richard Oswald
Starring	Bernd Aldor Hugo Flink Nelly Lagarst
Cinematography	Max Fassbender
Production company	Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Release date	2 March 1917 (1917-03-02)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Let There Be Light (German: Es werde Licht!) is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Bernd Aldor, Hugo Flink and Nelly Lagarst. It was followed by three sequels. The film was a protest against Germany's anti-abortion law, and also touched on the dangers of syphilis. It is a lost film.

The film's sets were designed by the art director August Rinaldi. Manfred Noa was employed as an artistic consultant.

Cast

Bernd Aldor as Georg Mauthner, Arzt
Hugo Flink as Paul Maunther, Maler, Georgs Bruder
Nelly Lagarst as Assistantin
Ernst Ludwig as Stadtrat Kaufherr
Leontine Kühnberg as Else, dessen Tochter
Lupu Pick as Dr. Franzius, annoncierender Arzt
Max Gülstorff as Patient
Kurt Vespermann as Gerd
Kathe Oswald as Ingeborg
Conrad Veidt as Herr Kramer

References

Kreimeier p. 44
Rogowski, Christian (2010). The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. ISBN 9781571134295.
Linge, Ina (2018). "Sexology, Popular Science and Queer History in Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others)". Gender & History. 30 (3): 595–610. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12381. PMC 6282845. PMID 30546198.

Bibliography

Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

Let There Be Light at IMDb

v t e The films of Richard Oswald
The Iron Cross (1914) Ivan Koschula (1914) The Silent Mill (1914) Laugh Bajazzo (1915) The Vice (1915) Tales of Hoffmann (1916) A Night of Horror (1916) The Uncanny House (1916) The Sea Battle (1917) The Lord of Hohenstein (1917) Let There Be Light (1917) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917) The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918) Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918) Diary of a Lost Woman (1918) Henriette Jacoby (1918) The House of Three Girls (1918) Die Arche (1919) Different from the Others (1919) Prostitution (1919) Peer Gynt (1919) Around the World in Eighty Days (1919) Unheimliche Geschichten (1919) Figures of the Night (1920) Kurfürstendamm (1920) The Merry-Go-Round (1920) Manolescu's Memoirs (1920) Lady Hamilton (1921) The Golden Plague (1921) The House in Dragon Street (1921) The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore (1921) Lucrezia Borgia (1922) Carlos and Elisabeth (1924) Semi-Silk (1925) The Wife of Forty Years (1925) Rags and Silk (1925) Should We Be Silent? (1926) When I Came Back (1926) We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926) The White Horse Inn (1926) Assassination (1927) Radio Magic (1927) Agitated Women (1927) The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927) Lützow's Wild Hunt (1927) A Crazy Night (1927) The Green Alley (1928) Villa Falconieri (1928) Spring Awakening (1929) The Mistress and her Servant (1929) Marriage in Trouble (1929) Cagliostro (1929) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929) Dreyfus (1930) Vienna, City of Song (1930) Alraune (1930) The Tender Relatives (1930) 1914 (1931) Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931) Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) Victoria and Her Hussar (1931) The Captain from Köpenick (1931) Countess Mariza (1932) Unheimliche Geschichten (1932) The Flower of Hawaii (1933) A Song Goes Round the World (1933) Adventures on the Lido (1933) My Song Goes Round the World (1934) When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934) Bleeke Bet (1934) Storm over Asia (1938) Isle of Missing Men (1942) The Lovable Cheat (1949)

The films of Richard Oswald

The Iron Cross (1914)
Ivan Koschula (1914)
The Silent Mill (1914)
Laugh Bajazzo (1915)
The Vice (1915)
Tales of Hoffmann (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)
The Uncanny House (1916)
The Sea Battle (1917)
The Lord of Hohenstein (1917)
Let There Be Light (1917)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917)
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)
Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918)
Diary of a Lost Woman (1918)
Henriette Jacoby (1918)
The House of Three Girls (1918)
Die Arche (1919)
Different from the Others (1919)
Prostitution (1919)
Peer Gynt (1919)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1919)
Unheimliche Geschichten (1919)
Figures of the Night (1920)
Kurfürstendamm (1920)
The Merry-Go-Round (1920)
Manolescu's Memoirs (1920)
Lady Hamilton (1921)
The Golden Plague (1921)
The House in Dragon Street (1921)
The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore (1921)
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
Carlos and Elisabeth (1924)
Semi-Silk (1925)
The Wife of Forty Years (1925)
Rags and Silk (1925)
Should We Be Silent? (1926)
When I Came Back (1926)
We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926)
The White Horse Inn (1926)
Assassination (1927)
Radio Magic (1927)
Agitated Women (1927)
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927)
Lützow's Wild Hunt (1927)
A Crazy Night (1927)
The Green Alley (1928)
Villa Falconieri (1928)
Spring Awakening (1929)
The Mistress and her Servant (1929)
Marriage in Trouble (1929)
Cagliostro (1929)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
Dreyfus (1930)
Vienna, City of Song (1930)
Alraune (1930)
The Tender Relatives (1930)
1914 (1931)
Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931)
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931)
Victoria and Her Hussar (1931)
The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
Countess Mariza (1932)
Unheimliche Geschichten (1932)
The Flower of Hawaii (1933)
A Song Goes Round the World (1933)
Adventures on the Lido (1933)
My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934)
Bleeke Bet (1934)
Storm over Asia (1938)
Isle of Missing Men (1942)
The Lovable Cheat (1949)

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