All for Money explained

All for Money
Producer:	Emil Jannings
Studio:	Emil Jannings-Film
Distributor:	UFA
Runtime:	83 minutes
Country:	Germany

All for Money (German: '''Alles für Geld''') is a 1923 German silent film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Emil Jannings, Hermann Thimig, and Dagny Servaes.^[1] In 1928, a sound version was prepared for American audiences by Gotham Productions. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.

Cast

• Emil Jannings as S. I. Rupp
• Hermann Thimig as Fred Rupp
• Dagny Servaes as Asta
• Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein as Frau von Laar
• Walter Rilla as Henry von Lauffen
• Curt Goetz as Graf Ehrhardt
• Maria Kamradek as Sissy
• Paul Biensfeldt as Kammerdiener Pitt
• Ferry Sikla as Juwelier
• Ulrich Bettac as Fred Rupp
• Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Direktor der Goliath-Werke
• Heinrich Schroth as Direktor der Phönix-Werke
• Reinhold Schünzel as Schieber
• Max Kronert as Nachtwächter
• Ursula Nest as Egede

Music

The sound version featured a song entitled “Fortune’s Fool” by Frank Padwa and Irving Mills.

Bibliography

• Book: Grange, William . William Grange . Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic . Scarecrow Press . 2008 . Lanham, MD . 978-0-8108-5967-8 .

Notes and References

1. Grange p. 156