The Great Light

The Great Light

1920•1h 50m•7.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(2)

Lorenz Ferleitner has worked his way up from a poor but gifted farm boy to a recognized master builder. When a new cathedral is to be built, he is given the honor of carrying out the task. He would like to commission the unknown young painter Fritz Rasmussen to decorate the dome. The director of the art academy, Professor Marquardt, however, wants to employ his untalented nephew for the painting work. A bitter conflict unfolds.

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Doktram-Film

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

Lorenz Ferleitner

Kurt Vespermann

Kurt Vespermann

Fritz Rasmussen

Frida Richard

Frida Richard

Frau Rasmussen

Margarete Schön

Margarete Schön

Charlotte Rasmussen

Albert Patry

Albert Patry

Dr. Sellnitz

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Burghaber

Hermann Böttcher

Hermann Böttcher

Prof. Marquard

Max Pohl

Max Pohl

Goldner

Karl Rückert

General von Schönherr

Hanna Ralph

Hanna Ralph

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