The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin

1927 film

The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin
Scene from a film

German	Die schönsten Beine von Berlin

Directed by	Willi Wolff
Written by	Robert Liebmann Willi Wolff
Starring	Ellen Richter Dina Gralla Kurt Gerron
Cinematography	Axel Graatkjær
Music by	Otto Stenzeel
Production company	Ellen Richter Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	28 July 1927 (1927-07-28)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin (German: Die schönsten Beine von Berlin) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Dina Gralla and Kurt Gerron.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Stern. It functions as a revue show, showcasing leading dancers of the Weimar era. Richter and Gralla play rival competitors.

A theme song composed by Walter Kollo was released alongside the film, and became a gramophone hit record.

Cast

Ellen Richter as Dolorès
Dina Gralla as Poupette
Kurt Gerron
Henry Bender
Teddy Bill
Kurt Ehrlich
Kurt Fuß
Bruno Kastner
Rudolf Lettinger
Kurt Lilien
Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger
Frida Richard
Fritz Richard
Gyula Szöreghy
Alice Torning
Lawrence Tiller Empire Girls
Charell Boys
Dodge Sisters

References

^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 155. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.