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Sehnsucht
Also known as Nostalgia in Italy; Desire in the USA : [Bajazzo], [Longing]
(1921) Germany
B&W : Five reels
Directed by F.W. Murnau

Cast: Conrad Veidt [Ivan], Gussy Holl [the grand princess], Eugen Klöpfer, Margarete Schlegel [Marja], Paul Graetz, Helene Gray, Danny Gürtler (Danny Guertler), Albert Bennefeld, Marcela Gremo, Ellen Bolan [a dancer], Hubert von Meyerinck

Mosch-Film production; distributed by [?] Lipow-Film? / Produced by Richard Mosch. Scenario by Carl Heinz Jarosy. Art direction by Robert Neppach. Cinematography by Carl Hoffmann. / Released February 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Bajazzo is the German title for the opera Il Pagliacci by Leoncavallo.

[?] Drama?

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 25 October 2012.

References: Lloyd-Seventy p. 34 : Website-IMDb.