The Motorist Bride Explained

The Motorist Bride
Producer:	Richard Eichberg
Studio:	Richard Eichberg-Film
Distributor:	Süd-Film
Country:	Germany

The Motorist Bride (German: '''Die Motorbraut''') is a 1925 German silent romance film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Mierendorff, Lee Parry and Ernst Hofmann. The film is notable for the use of Lilian Harvey as a stunt double for Parry during the mountaineering scenes shot in Switzerland.^[1] Harvey quickly graduated to become the top star of Richard Eichberg's production company.

It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin on 22 January 1925.^[2] The film's art direction is by Jacek Rotmil.

Cast

• Hans Mierendorff as Johann Amberg
• Lee Parry as Eva, seine Tochter
• Ernst Hofmann as Hans von Corell
• Angelo Ferrari as Frank Bruhn
• Sinaida Korolenko as Lili
• Max Grünberg as Heinz Ellhof
• Erwin van Roy as Gottlieb Daffke
• Hans Stürm as Gustav Briese
• Margarete Kupfer as Marta
• Gerhard Ritterband as Max
• Lilian Harvey as Eva (Stunt Double)

Bibliography

• Book: Ascheid, Antje . . Temple University Press . 2010 . Philadelphia . 978-1-59213-843-2 .
• Book: Hans-Michael . Bock . Hans-Michael Bock . Tim . Bergfelder . The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema . Berghahn Books . 2009 . New York . 978-1-57181-655-9 .
• 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. Bock & Bergfelder p. 186
2. Grange p. 190