By a Silken Thread

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By a Silken Thread
Directed byRobert A. Stemmle
Written by
Produced byBruno Duday
Starring
CinematographyFranz Weihmayr
Edited byAxel von Werner
Music byHerbert Windt
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 23 September 1938 (1938-09-23)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

By a Silken Thread (German: Am seidenen Faden) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Willy Fritsch, Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe von Nagy. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked Jewish capitalists"[1] in line with Nazi racial policy of the era. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Potsdam.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte.

Production

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By a Silken Thread was directed by Robert A. Stemmle and produced by UFA.[3]

Release

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It was banned from being shown in Germany by the Allied High Commission after World War II.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kreimeier p.286
  2. ^ Klaus p.23
  3. ^ a b Kelson 1996, p. 17.

Works cited

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Further reading

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  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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