The Rosentopf Case

The Rosentopf Case
Film poster by Josef Fenneker 1918
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Ernst Lubitsch Trude Hesterberg Margarete Kupfer
Cinematography	Alfred Hansen
Production company	PAGU
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	20 September 1918 (1918-09-20)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Rosentopf Case (German: Der Fall Rosentopf) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Lubitsch, Trude Hesterberg and Margarete Kupfer.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Leni and Kurt Richter.

Cast

• Ernst Lubitsch as Sally, junger Mann des Detektiv Ceeps
• Trude Hesterberg as Bella Spaketti, Tänzerin
• Ferry Sikla as Rentier Klingelmann
• Margarete Kupfer as Dienstmädchen
• Elsa Wagner as Frau Hintze

Bibliography

• Kristin Thompson. Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood: German and American Film After World War I. Amsterdam University Press, 2005.

External links

• Der Fall Rosentopf; Reconstructed film fragment (19:57 min) on digitalr-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de
• The Rosentopf Case at IMDb