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Der schwarze Moritz
(Black Moritz)
Also known as Moritz negro in Italy
(1916) Germany
B&W : Short film
Directed by Georg Jacoby

Cast: Ernst Lubitsch [Moritz Apfelreis], Margareta Kupfer [Bessie], Erna Alberty (Erna Albert) [Minchen Cohn]

Union-Film production. / Scenario by Louis Taufstein and Eugen Berg. Music by Martin Knopf. / Released 2 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

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

Keywords: Blackface

Listing updated: 25 November 2010.

References: Weinberg-Lubitsch p. 320 : Website-IMDb.