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1924 film

Leap Into Life

Directed by	Johannes Guter
Written by	Franz Schulz (novel)
Produced by	Oskar Messter
Starring	Xenia Desni Walter Rilla Paul Heidemann
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Production company	Messter Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	4 February 1924 (1924-02-04)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Leap Into Life (German: Der Sprung ins Leben) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni, Walter Rilla and Paul Heidemann. It features one the earliest film appearances of the future star Marlene Dietrich. It was partly shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin as well as on location around Rügen in the Baltic Sea. The film's sets were designed by Rudi Feld.

Synopsis

A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.

Cast

Xenia Desni as Idea - Zirkusartistin
Walter Rilla as Frank - Ideas Partner
Paul Heidemann as Dr. Rudolf Borris
Frida Richard as Rudolfs Tante Sophie
Käthe Haack as Dr. Borris' Sekretärin
Leonhard Haskel Le as Zirkusdirektor
Lydia Potechina as Frau des Zirkusdirektors
Dr. Gebbing as Dompteur
Hans Brausewetter as Borris' Freund
Marlene Dietrich as Mädchen am Strand
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Geiger
Max Gülstorff as Geiger
Erling Hanson
Max Valentin
Ernst Pröckl
Hermann Thimig

References

Chandler p. 45

Bibliography

Chandler, Charlotte. Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography. Simon and Schuster, 2011.

External links

Leap Into Life at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Johannes Guter
The Diamond Foundation (1917) The Ghost Hunt (1918) Comrades (1919) Eternal River (1920) The Woman in Heaven (1920) The Tophar Mummy (1920) The Thirteen of Steel (1921) The Black Panther (1921) Circus of Life (1921) Murders in the Greenstreet (1921) The Call of Destiny (1922) Lust for Life (1922) Barmaid (1922) Princess Suwarin (1923) Leap Into Life (1924) Express Train of Love (1925) The Tower of Silence (1925) The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins (1925) The Boxer's Bride (1926) Two Under the Stars (1927) Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927) Grand Hotel (1927) At Ruedesheimer Castle There Is a Lime Tree (1928) Because I Love You (1928) The Blue Mouse (1928) Foolish Happiness (1929) Her Dark Secret (1929) Once You Give Away Your Heart (1929) The Wrong Husband (1931) The Triangle of Fire (1932) Miss Liselott (1934) Twelve Minutes After Midnight (1939)

Films directed by Johannes Guter

The Diamond Foundation (1917)
The Ghost Hunt (1918)
Comrades (1919)
Eternal River (1920)
The Woman in Heaven (1920)
The Tophar Mummy (1920)
The Thirteen of Steel (1921)
The Black Panther (1921)
Circus of Life (1921)
Murders in the Greenstreet (1921)
The Call of Destiny (1922)
Lust for Life (1922)
Barmaid (1922)
Princess Suwarin (1923)
Leap Into Life (1924)
Express Train of Love (1925)
The Tower of Silence (1925)
The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins (1925)
The Boxer's Bride (1926)
Two Under the Stars (1927)
Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927)
Grand Hotel (1927)
At Ruedesheimer Castle There Is a Lime Tree (1928)
Because I Love You (1928)
The Blue Mouse (1928)
Foolish Happiness (1929)
Her Dark Secret (1929)
Once You Give Away Your Heart (1929)
The Wrong Husband (1931)
The Triangle of Fire (1932)
Miss Liselott (1934)
Twelve Minutes After Midnight (1939)

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