The Golden Plague () is a 1921 German silent thriller film directed by Louis Ralph and Richard Oswald and starring Louis Ralph, Anita Berber and Paul Bildt. An anarchist attempts to use a formula for artificial gold as part of a plan to flood the world market, causing an international crisis.Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. p.98
The film's sets were designed by the art director Botho Hoefer and István Szirontai Lhotka.
Cast Louis Ralph as Jacques Delma Anita Berber as Natascha Paul Bildt as John Marker (chemistry student) Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Dr. Jonas Fjeld Emil Wittig as Brocke Felix Norfolk as Bradley Arthur Bergen as Bokine Hans Wallner as Croft Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Faber Michael Rainer-Steiner as Lord Cavendish (president, Bank of England) Karl Martell as Patrick Murphy (Cavendish's secretary) Fred Berger as Det. James Clifford Emil Stammer as Det. Hansen Hermann Picha as Det. Ohlsen Curt Cappi as Det. Binet
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Bibliography Barbara Hales, Mihaela Petrescu and Valerie Weinstein. Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
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