Angst (1928 film)

Angst is a 1928 German-British silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Henry Edwards and Elga Brink. It is based on the 1925 novella Fear by Stefan Zweig. The film was a co-production between Germany and Britain, with the British star Edwards included to give the work greater commercial appeal in the British Isles.^[1]

Angst
Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Stefan Zweig (novel) Ernst B. Fey
Produced by	Georg Jacoby
Starring	Gustav Fröhlich Henry Edwards Elga Brink
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Production company	Orplid-Film
Distributed by	Messtro-Orplid
Release date	6 August 1928 (1928-08-06)
Countries	Germany United Kingdom
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Cast

• Gustav Fröhlich
• Henry Edwards as Henry Duhan
• Elga Brink as Inge Duhan
• Bruno Kastner as Herr Born
• Margit Manstad as Frau Claire
• Vivian Gibson
• Valerie Boothby
• Inge Landgut

Plot

Inge Duhan (Brink), a wealthy wife, begins conducting an affair, only to find herself blackmailed by another woman.

See also

• La Peur (1936)
• Fear (1954)

References

1. Bergfelder, Harris, Street p. 127

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim; Harris, Sue; Street, Sarah (2007). Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-984-9.

External links

• Angst at IMDb