The Motorist Bride

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The Motorist Bride (German: Die Motorbraut) is a 1925 German silent romance film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Mierendorff, Lee Parry and Ernst Hofmann. The film is notable for the use of Lilian Harvey as a stunt double for Parry during the mountaineering scenes shot in Switzerland.^[1] Harvey quickly graduated to become the top star of Richard Eichberg's production company.

It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin on 22 January 1925.^[2] The film's art direction is by Jacek Rotmil.

Cast

• Hans Mierendorff as Johann Amberg
• Lee Parry as Eva, seine Tochter
• Ernst Hofmann as Hans von Corell
• Angelo Ferrari as Frank Bruhn
• Sinaida Korolenko as Lili
• Max Grünberg as Heinz Ellhof
• Erwin van Roy as Gottlieb Daffke
• Hans Stürm as Gustav Briese
• Margarete Kupfer as Marta
• Gerhard Ritterband as Max
• Lilian Harvey as Eva (Stunt Double)

References

Bibliography

• Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-843-2.
• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
• Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.

External links

• The Motorist Bride at IMDb