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Film Photography
Stills from the German silent film Herzog Ferrentes Ende, directed by Paul Wegener

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Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer: Mac Walten (Max Gruenthal, 1872-1936). Stills from the German silent film Herzog Ferrantes Ende, directed by Paul Wegener and Rochus Gliese. 1922. 25 vintage matte gelatin silver prints. Each circa 26,5 x 21 cm and reverse. All but one mounted to board, each signed by the photographer in pencil below the image on the mount.

This striking group of film stills from the early German silent film Herzog Ferrantes Ende exemplifies the aesthetics of German Expressionist cinema in the early 1920s. Although set in the Middle Ages, the film’s art direction by Walter Reimann - renowned for his work on The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - embraces a distinctly modern, expressionist visual style. Paul Wegener stars in the title role of Duke Ferrantes and co-directed the film alongside Rochus Gliese. – Mounts slightly dusty and with traces of previous mounting on verso, some photos with silver mirroring in edges, otherwise most are strong, tonal prints in very good condition.

Provenance: The estate of Austrian artist and puppeteer Richard Teschner (1879-1948).