His Greatest Bluff

His Greatest Bluff
Directed by	Henrik Galeen Harry Piel
Written by	Henrik Galeen Herbert Nossen
Produced by	Seymour Nebenzal
Starring	Harry Piel Toni Tetzlaff Lotte Lorring Albert Paulig
Cinematography	Georg Muschner Gotthardt Wolf
Music by	Hans May
Production company	Nero-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	12 May 1927
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

His Greatest Bluff (German: Sein größter Bluff) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Henrik Galeen and Harry Piel and starring Piel, Toni Tetzlaff and Lotte Lorring. Its title is sometimes translated as His Biggest Bluff. Today, the film is best known for the early role it offered to Marlene Dietrich who was only cast after great effort by her agents. The film was shot at the Grunewald Studios, located in Western Berlin, during January and February 1927. It premiered on 12 May 1927 at the Alhambra-Palast in Berlin.

Cast

• Harry Piel as Henry & Harry Devall
• Toni Tetzlaff as Madame Andersson
• Lotte Lorring as Tilly
• Albert Paulig as Mimikry
• Fritz Greiner as Hennessy
• Charly Berger as Count. Koks
• Boris Michailow as Sherry
• Marlene Dietrich as Yvette
• Paul Walker as Goliath, a dwarf
• Kurt Gerron as Rajah
• Eugen Burg as Police
• Ossip Darmatow as Count. Apollinaris
• Vicky Werckmeister as Suzanne
• Paul Moleska as Crook
• Oswald Scheffel as Crook
• Curt Bullerjahn as Crook
• Charles Francois as Crook
• Wolfgang von Schwindt as Crook

Bibliography

• Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011
• Gemünden, Gerd & Desjardins, Mary R. Dietrich Icon. Duke University Press, 2007.

External links

• His Greatest Bluff at IMDb