The Earl of Essex (1922)

Original title

Der Graf von Essex

Directed by

Peter Paul Felner

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 09m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film tells the story of a nobleman in Elizabethan England who gets caught up in court politics and romance. It follows his rise and fall from favor with Queen Elizabeth I.

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What happens

The Earl of Essex (German: Der Graf von Essex) is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Peter Paul Felner and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Fritz Kortner and Werner Krauss. It was loosely based on the 1761 play Der Graf von Essex by Peter von Stüven set in Elizabethan England and based in turn on the 1678 work Le Comte d'Essex by Thomas Corneille. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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