Cab No. 13
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Directed by | Michael Kertész |
Written by | Alfred Schirokauer |
Based on | Le Fiacre Nº 13 (novel) by Xavier de Montépin |
Produced by | Arnold Pressburger |
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Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
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Cab No. 13 (German: Fiaker Nr. 13 (Austria), Einspanner Nr 13 (Germany); Dutch: Snorder No. 13; French: Fiacre 13) is a 1926 drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lili Damita, Jack Trevor and Walter Rilla.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Leni. Location shooting took place in Paris.
Story
[edit]Set in 1910, a young mother leaves her newborn baby in a carriage. The coachman takes care of the baby and names her Lilian. The child becomes a graceful dancer and falls in love with her neighbor, a young musician. Before they marry, Lilian finds her father who is a rich importer. She now has two fathers who care about her happiness.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Lili Damita as Lilian
- Jack Trevor as François Tapin
- Paul Biensfeldt as Jacques Carotin
- Walter Rilla as Lucien Rebout
- Max Gülstorff as L'antiquaire
- Valeska Stock as Mme Coco
- Sophie Pagay as Linotte
- Albert Paulig as Le maître de ballet
- Carl Ebert as Henri Landon
See also
[edit]- Cab Number 13 (1948)
References
[edit]- ^ "Fiaker Nr. 13 (1926)". Movie Meter (Dutch) (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Fiaker Nr. 13 at IMDb
- Fiaker Nr. 13 at the TCM Movie Database
- Cab No. 13 on Silent Hollywood
- Fiaker Nr. 13 at Movie Meter (Dutch)
- Fiaker Nr. 13 (1926 D) at Cinema Context
Categories:
- 1926 films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films directed by Michael Curtiz
- 1926 drama films
- Austrian black-and-white films
- German black-and-white films
- Austrian silent feature films
- German silent feature films
- Films based on French novels
- Silent German drama films
- Silent Austrian drama films
- Sascha-Film films
- Phoebus Film films
- Films set in Paris
- 1920s German films
- Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
- Austrian film stubs
- Silent drama film stubs