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The Big Light (1920)

The Big Light poster
Original title
Das große Licht
Directed by
Hanna Henning
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German silent drama from 1920. It follows characters played by actors including Emil Jannings and Hermann Böttcher. The film was directed by Hanna Henning.

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What happens

The Big Light (German: Das große Licht) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Hanna Henning and starring Hermann Böttcher, Wilhelm Diegelmann, and Emil Jannings. The art direction was by Hans Sohnle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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