The Boy in Blue (1919)
54m
Running Time
July 1, 1919Release Date
Plot.
A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor. Lost film, minor fragments survive
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Cast & Crew.
Ernst Hofmann
Thomas von Weerth / Screenplay / Producer
Blandine Ebinger
Schöne Zigeunerin
Margit Barnay
Junge Schauspielerin
Karl Platen
Alter Diener
Georg John
Zigeunerhauptmann
Leonhard Haskel
Theaterdirektor
Rudolf Klix
Bobby
Hedda Kemp
Screenplay
Hans Otterhausen
Helene Sauer
Hans Schaup
Thomas’ Diener
Marie von Bülow
Bettlerin
F. W. Murnau
Director
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Willi Herrmann
Art Direction / Production Design
Carl Hoffmann
Director of Photography
Edda Ottershausen
Writer
Details.
Release DateJuly 1, 1919
Original NameDer Knabe in Blau
StatusReleased
Running Time54m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
lost film
fragment
Wiki.
The Boy in Blue (German: Der Knabe in Blau and also known as Emerald of Death) is a 1919 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. It was Murnau's directorial debut. The film is now considered to be a lost film, though the Deutsche Kinemathek film archive possesses 35 small fragments ranging from two to eleven frames in length.
Thomas Gainsborough's painting The Blue Boy and Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray were inspirations for Murnau to create this film.