The Vulture Wally (1921 film)

The Vulture Wally (German: Die Geierwally) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Albert Steinrück, Henny Porten and William Dieterle. The film is a bergfilm based on a novel by Wilhelmine von Hillern. It is a melodrama set in the Alps, and was one of Dupont's most successful films of the early 1920s.^[1]

The Vulture Wally
Scene from a film
German	Die Geierwally
Directed by	Ewald André Dupont
Written by	Wilhelmine von Hillern (novel) Ewald André Dupont
Produced by	Hanns Lippmann Henny Porten
Starring	Albert Steinrück Henny Porten William Dieterle Eugen Klöpfer
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann Arpad Viragh
Music by	Giuseppe Becce Bruno Schulz
Production company	Gloria-Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	12 September 1921 (1921-09-12)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Cast

• Albert Steinrück as Stromminger
• Henny Porten as Wally
• William Dieterle as Der Bären-Joseph
• Eugen Klöpfer as Der Gellner-Vincenz
• Elise Zachow-Vallentin as Luckard
• Marie Grimm-Einödshofer as Die Obermagd
• Julius Brandt as Klettenmeyer
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Roferbauer sen.
• Gerd Fricke as Roferbauer jun.
• Grete Diercks as Afra

See also

• La Leggenda di Wally (1930)
• La Wally (1932, based on the opera)
• The Vulture Wally (1940)
• The Vulture Wally (1956)

References

1. Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008. p. 28.

External links

• The Vulture Wally at IMDb