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Around the World in Eighty Days (1919 film)

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Around the World in Eighty Days
Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen
Directed byRichard Oswald
Screenplay byRichard Oswald
Based onAround the World in Eighty Days
1873 novel
by Jules Verne
Produced byRichard Oswald
Starring
CinematographyMax Fassbender
Production
company
Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Release date
  • March 1919 (1919-03)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageSilent

Around the World in Eighty Days (German: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen) is a 1919 German silent adventure comedy film, directed and produced by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber, and Reinhold Schünzel. It is based on the 1873 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.

The film was found at the EYE film Institute in Netherlands in 2021, and was subsequently restored.[1]

Plot

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In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of England and faces the risk of arrest throughout his journey.

Cast

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Bibliography

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  • Allen, Jerry C. (1987). Conrad Veidt: From Caligari to Casablanca. Pacific Grove, CA: Boxwood Press. ISBN 978-0-940168-04-6.

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