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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Mabel Kaul
Dornröschen
Harry Liedtke
The prince
Käthe Dorsch
The queen
Paul Biensfeldt
The king
Hermann Picha
Alte hexe
Victor Janson
The marechal
Georg Kaiser
Marie Grimm-Einödshofer
Amme
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Paul Leni
- Writers
- Rudolf Presber
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Germany
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Paul Leni directs. Alfred Hansen behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2109 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Paul Leni, shot by Alfred Hansen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Mabel Kaul and Harry Liedtke and Käthe Dorsch carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0330236 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Alfred Hansen
- Costume design
- Paul Leni
- Runtime
- 61 min · 1h 1m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Also by
Paul Leni
Production companies
Who made it
- UN
Union Film
DE
Key crew
- Costume DesignPaul Leni
- Art DirectionPaul Leni
- ProducerPaul Davidson
- MusicJerzy Sokorski
- Art DirectionKurt Richter
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- fairy tale
- sleeping beauty
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1917-12-20
Also known as
International titles
- Roses and ThornsUS
- Yatmış GözəlAZ
