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Fräulein Raffke

Name: Fräulein Raffke
Director: Richard Eichberg
Released: 1923
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Loni Nest, Lydia Potechina, Vivian Gibson, Heinrich Peer, Werner Krauss

1923Richard EichbergIMDb: 6.5/10

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Richard Eichberg

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Werner Krauss

Lee Parry

Max Grünberg

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Fräulein Raffke: Unpacking Weimar Germany's Social Satire | A Deep Dive into Silent Cinema

Fräulein Raffke: A Veritable Mirror of Weimar's Tumultuous Soul In the annals of German silent cinema, a period pulsating with artistic innovation and profound social commentary, certain films emerge as crucial historical documents, not merely as entertainment. Helmuth Orthmann and Hans Behrendt’s 192...

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Fräulein Raffke FAQ

The movie Fräulein Raffke was directed by Richard Eichberg.

Fräulein Raffke was released in the year 1923.

Fräulein Raffke has an IMDb rating of 6.5 out of 10.

Fräulein Raffke is a movie from Germany.

Fräulein Raffke features Werner Krauss, Lee Parry, Max Grünberg, Loni Nest.

The screenplay for Fräulein Raffke was written by Helmuth Orthmann, Hans Behrendt.

If you enjoy Fräulein Raffke, you might also like Die schönste Frau der Welt (1924), Die Kleine vom Bummel (1925), Die keusche Susanne (1926), Hypnose (1920).

Yes, Fräulein Raffke (1923) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title.

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Emil Raffke, a parvenu industrialist brimming with ostentatious pride, seeks to leverage his burgeoning fortune for social ascension. During a seaside sojourn, his daughter, Lilli, becomes the object of Baron Von Geldern's calculating gaze. The Baron, a scion of faded aristocracy burdened by debt and a dalliance with a financially supportive dancer, eyes Raffke's lucre as a lifeline, while Raffke envisions a prestigious noble alliance for his progeny. This transactional pursuit of status, however, collides dramatically with Lilli's clandestine marriage to another, igniting a devastating familial schism. What begins as a strategic maneuver for social validation spirals into a series of increasingly calamitous events, unraveling the fragile edifice of the Raffke family and exposing the moral compromises inherent in their quest for acceptance.

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Emil Raffke (Werner Krauss) is a newly rich industrialist who arrogantly revels in his wealth. While at the seaside with his family, Raffke and his daughter Lilli (Lee Parry) attract the attention of the young Baron Von Geldern (Hans Albers) who is in a relationship with a dancer who has helped him out of the lurch financially. But Von Geldern is interested in Raffke's money, while Raffke sees a chance of entering into nobility when marrying off his daughter to the baron. But Lilli has already secretly married another young man, which leads to a break-up of the family and to increasingly dramatic events.

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" Fräulein Raffke: A Veritable Mirror of Weimar's Tumultuous Soul In the annals of German silent cinema, a period pulsating with artistic innovation and profound social commentary, certain films emerge as crucial historical documents, not merely as entertainment. Helmuth Orthmann and Hans Behrendt’s 1923 masterpiece, Fräulein Raffke, stands as an incisive, often biting, testament to the societal upheaval gripping the Weimar Republic. Released amidst the hyperinflation crisis, a t..."

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