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Mad Love (1921)

1h 22m

Running Time

September 9, 1921
Release Date

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Mad Love (1921)

Name: Mad Love
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1921-09-09

1h 22m

Running Time

September 9, 1921
Release Date

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Plot.

Richard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A friend takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets him, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas to be institutionalised. Sappho genuinely falls in love with Richard, and decides to leave her vampy ways and her older lover behind her so that she can have him.

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Cast & Crew.

Pola Negri

Sappho

Johannes Riemann

Richard de la Croix

Alfred Abel

Andreas de la Croix

Albert Steinrück

Georg Bertink

Helga Molander

Maria Garden, Richard's bride

Otto Treptow

Teddy

Elsa Wagner

Richard's mother

Ellinor Gynt

Dancer

Dimitri Buchowetzki

Director

Robert Neppach

Art Direction

Arpad Viragh

Director of Photography

Alexandre Dumas

Story

Norbert Falk

Writer

Paul Davidson

Producer

Hanns Kräly

Writer

Details.

Release Date
September 9, 1921

Original Name
Sappho

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 22m

Genres
Romance Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Sappho (also known as Mad Love) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Pola Negri as the title character. Alfred Abel, best known for his role as John Fredersen in Metropolis (1927), appears in the role of Andreas De La Croix, the insane brother.