Charlotte Corday (1919)

Directed by

Frederic Zelnik

Genre

drama film, silent film, historical film

Country

Weimar Republic, Germany

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This German silent film tells the story of Charlotte Corday, the figure who assassinated French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat. It depicts her motivations and the events leading to her famous act.

historicaldramaticsilent-erastatelysomberrestrainedperiod-piecearchival

What happens

Charlotte Corday is a 1919 German silent historical drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara and Hermann Vallentin. No surviving copies are known. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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