The Green Manuela (German: Die grüne Manuela) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Lucie Labass, Josef Winter and Grete Berger. The film is based on a novel by Clara Ratzka. A gypsy dancer becomes involved with some smugglers in Spain. The film's plot bears a number of similarities to Carmen. It was the first time Dupont worked with the cinematographer Werner Brandes and the art director Alfred Junge who were to become important collaborators with him. The poster of this movie is seen in Russian director Dziga Vertov's movie Man with a Movie Camera (1929) playing at a theater named the Proletarian. It's a symbol of Vertov's disdain of Western fanciful films.
Cast
Lucie Labass as Manuela
Josef Winter as Carlos Llorrente
Grete Berger as Frau Gazul
Kálmán Zátony as Juan Llorrente
Angelo Ferrari as Count Henri d'Amirón
Arthur Bergen as Pedro
Lydia Potechina as Leocadia Barboza
Louis Ralph as Alfredo
Geo Bergal as Vincente Delano
Franz Groß as Old Man Llorrente
Ari Anzo as Tonia Llorrente
William Dieterle as Brito
Giorgio De Giorgetti as Sergeant
References
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.