Plot.

Mathias, the evangelist, is in love with Martha. Johannes, Mathias brother tries to interfere. When Mathias and Martha are swearing fidelity, Johannes jealousy turns into blind hate and he sets the monastery on fire. But it is Mathias that is arrested for the crime.

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Cast & Crew.

Paul Hartmann

Mathias, the Evangelist

Hanni Weisse

Mother/Daughter Martha

Jacob Feldhammer

Johannes

Heinrich Peer

Friedrich Engel, Magistrate at the Monastery

Elisabeth Bergner

Magdalena

Botho Hoefer

Art Direction

Holger-Madsen

Director / Screenplay

Hermann Kienzl

Screenplay

Wilhelm Kienzl

Opera

Frederik Fuglsang

Director of Photography

Harry Halm

Bettelbub

Adolphe Engers

Actor

Erich Pommer

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 4, 1924

Status
Released

Last updated: 2024-09-26

Wiki.

The Evangelist (German: Der Evangelimann) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Holger-Madsen and starring Paul Hartmann, Hanni Weisse and Elisabeth Bergner. It is based on the 1895 opera Der Evangelimann by Wilhelm Kienzl.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Botho Hoefer. It was released by the German major studio UFA.