The Great Light
6.2
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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Cast
14 people
Emil Jannings
Lorenz Ferleitner
Known for
The Blue Angel
The Last Laugh
Kurt Vespermann
Fritz Rasmussen
Known for
Asphalt
Otto Tober
Hanna Henning
Frida Richard
Frau Rasmussen
Known for
Faust
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Felix Philippi
Margarete Schön
Charlotte Rasmussen
Known for
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
The Punch Bowl
Bruno Eichholz
Krause, Rathausdiener
Albert Patry
Dr. Sellnitz
Also in
Johann Baptiste Lingg
Das begrabene Ich
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Burghaber
Known for
Destiny
The Blue Angel
Hermann Böttcher
Prof. Marquard
Also in
Four Around the Woman
Art of Love
Max Pohl
Goldner
Also in
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
Die Magyarenfürstin
Hanna Henning Director · Felix Philippi Author Otto Tober Cinematographer
First release May 7, 1920 · Produced in Germany · Original title Das große Licht
Production
Doktram-Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Das große Licht
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · May 7, 1920
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
March 14, 1921
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