---
title: 'Christian Wahnschaffe (1920)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Urban Gad'
released: '1920-11-12'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/christian-wahnschaffe-1920'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011845/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Christian Wahnschaffe (1920)

1920 · 77 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Weltbrand

## Synopsis

Christian Wahnschaffe is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Urban Gad and starring Conrad Veidt, Lillebil Ibsen, Hermann Vallentin and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts: World Ablaze in November 1920 and The Escape from the Golden Prison in March 1921. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Jakob Wassermann. The film is extant, and was restored in 2018 by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Urban Gad](https://cinepixo.com/people/urban-gad)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Behrendt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-behrendt), [Bobby E. Lüthge](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-e-luthge)
- **Director of Photography:** [Max Lutze](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-lutze)

## Cast

- [Conrad Veidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-veidt)
- [Werner Krauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-krauss)
- [Lillebil Ibsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillebil-ibsen)
- [Fritz Kortner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kortner)

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