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Viggo Larsen in Der Fürst der Diebe und seine Liebe (1919)

German postcard by Verlag Ross, no. 626/6. Photo: Viggo Larsen, Tempelhof. Viggo Larsen and Erra Brognar in Der Fürst der Diebe und seine Liebe/The King of Thieves and His Love (Viggo Larsen, 1919).

 

Der Fürst der Diebe und seine Liebe/The King of Thieves and His Love was a four-part German film about a gentleman-criminal and his beloved. It premiered in Berlin on 4 November 1919. Director and star was Danish actor, director, scriptwriter, and producer Viggo Larsen. The scriptwriter was Hans Hyan, and the photographer Julius Balting. Initially, the state censorship of 1921, completely forbade the film but after cuts, it remained only forbidden for youngsters.

 

Viggo Larsen (1880-1957) was a Danish actor, director, scriptwriter and producer. He was one of the pioneers in film history. With Wanda Treumann he directed and produced many German films of the 1910s.

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