Rübezahl's Wedding (German: Rübezahls Hochzeit) is a 1916 German silent fantasy drama film directed by Rochus Gliese and Paul Wegener and starring Wegener, Lyda Salmonova, and Georg Jacoby.[1] It was the first in a trilogy of fairytale films made by Wegener also including Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty and The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Rübezahl's Wedding
GermanRübezahls Hochzeit
Directed byPaul Wegener
Rochus Gliese
Written byPaul Wegener
Rochus Gliese
Produced byPaul Davidson
StarringPaul Wegener
Lyda Salmonova
Georg Jacoby
CinematographyMads Anton Madsen
Production
company
Wegener-Film
Distributed byPAGU
Release date
  • 1 October 1916 (1916-10-01)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in a variety of settings, including mountain shots in the Riesengebirge and a farm near Dresden. The film's sets were designed by Gliese.

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  1. ^ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

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