The Heart Thief Explained

The Heart Thief
Director:	Nils Olaf Chrisander
Starring:	Joseph Schildkraut Lya De Putti Robert Edeson
Cinematography:	Henry Cronjager
Studio:	Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Distributor:	Producers Distributing Corporation
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Heart Thief is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander and starring Joseph Schildkraut, Lya De Putti, and Robert Edeson.^[1]

Cast

• Joseph Schildkraut as Paul Kurt
• Lya De Putti as Anna Gallambos
• Robert Edeson as Count Franz Cserhati
• Charles K. Gerrard as Count Lazlos
• Eulalie Jensen as Countess Lazlos
• George Reehm as Galambos
• William Bakewell as Victor

Preservation

A print of The Heart Thief is located in the collection of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.^[2]

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Bock & Bergfelder, p. 83
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.46/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Heart Thief