The Saint and Her Fool

Synopsis

Agnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold hundreds of thousands of copies before being adapted into this tale of timeless passion, the beautiful The Saint and the Fool. The unapologetically sentimental classic was directed by Wilhelm Dieterle, who launched a successful career in Weimar cinema before becoming known for romantic, lush melodramas and technicolor extravaganzas, including 1945′s Marlene Dietrich unforgettable Love Letters. The dashing Dieterle himself plays Harrogate, Earl of Torstein, whose star-crossed love for the luminous Rosemarie of Brauneck (Lien Deyers, discovered by Fritz Lang) is further doomed by royal heroes and villains, the requisite evil stepmother, and fantastical elements that channel the intoxicating romance of Camille through the magic of the Brothers Grimm.

Main Cast

William Dieterle

Harro, Graf von Torstein

Age : 79 | Popularity : 4%

Lien Deyers

Rosemarie von Brauneck

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Gina Manès

Fürstin von Brauneck

Age : 96 | Popularity : 3%

Sophie Pagay

Tante Uli

Age : 79 | Popularity : 5%

Camilla von Hollay

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Frederik Fuglsang
Writing	Writer	Curt J. Braun Charlotte Hagenbruch
	Novel	Agnes Günther
Directing	Director	William Dieterle
Department	Role	Name

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