His Greatest Bluff

1927 film

Henrik Galeen
Harry Piel

Written by

Henrik Galeen
Herbert Nossen

Produced bySeymour NebenzalStarring

Harry Piel
Toni Tetzlaff
Lotte Lorring
Albert Paulig

Cinematography

Georg Muschner
Gotthardt Wolf

Music byHans May

Production
company

Nero-Film

Distributed bySüd-Film

Release date

12 May 1927 (1927-05-12)

Running time

108 minutesCountryGermanyLanguagesSilent
German intertitles

His Greatest Bluff (German: Sein größter Bluff) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Henrik Galeen and Harry Piel and starring Piel, Toni Tetzlaff and Lotte Lorring. Its title is sometimes translated as His Biggest Bluff. Today, the film is best known for the early role it offered to Marlene Dietrich who was only cast after great effort by her agents.^[1] The film was shot at the Grunewald Studios, located in Western Berlin, during January and February 1927. It premiered on 12 May 1927 at the Alhambra-Palast in Berlin.^[2]

Cast

Harry Piel as Henry & Harry Devall
Toni Tetzlaff as Madame Andersson
Lotte Lorring as Tilly
Albert Paulig as Mimikry
Fritz Greiner as Hennessy
Charly Berger as Count. Koks
Boris Michailow as Sherry
Marlene Dietrich as Yvette
Paul Walker as Goliath, a dwarf
Kurt Gerron as Rajah
Eugen Burg as Police
Ossip Darmatow as Count. Apollinaris
Vicky Werckmeister as Suzanne
Paul Moleska as Crook
Oswald Scheffel as Crook
Curt Bullerjahn as Crook
Charles Francois as Crook
Wolfgang von Schwindt as Crook

References

^ Gemünden & Desjardins p.110
^ Bach p.495

Bibliography

Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011
Gemünden, Gerd & Desjardins, Mary R. Dietrich Icon. Duke University Press, 2007.