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Salome (1920)

Salome poster
Directed by
Eugen Burg
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German silent film from 1919. It adapts the biblical story of Salome, who asks for the head of John the Baptist. Wanda Treumann plays the title role.

silentdramaticstagedstiffhistoricaltheatricalslow-paceddated

What happens

Salome ist ein deutsches Filmdrama von Eugen Burg aus dem Jahr 1919. Der Stummfilm entstand nach einem Drehbuch von Robert Heymann für die Filmgesellschaft Treumann-Larsen Film-Vertriebs GmbH. Berlin. Wanda Treumann übernahm die Titelrolle, an ihrer Seite spielten Josef Peterhans, Ferdinand Bonn und Ida Perry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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