---
title: 'Downfall (1923)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ludwig Wolff'
released: '1923-01-13'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'German Reich'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/downfall-1923'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131702/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Downfall (1923)

1923 · 106 min · Drama · German Reich, Germany

Original title: Der Absturz

## Synopsis

Downfall is a 1923 German silent film directed by Ludwig Wolff and starring Asta Nielsen, Gregori Chmara and Charlotte Schultz. The film was produced by Nielsen's own production company. The sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz. It premiered in Düsseldorf and had its Berlin premiere at the Marmorhaus. The film survives but is missing its first reel.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Asta Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/asta-nielsen)
- **Director:** [Ludwig Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-wolff)
- **Screenplay:** [Ludwig Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-wolff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Giuseppe Becce](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-becce)
- **Director of Photography:** [Axel Graatkjær](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-graatkj-r)

## Cast

- [Asta Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/asta-nielsen)
- [Gregori Chmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregori-chmara)
- [Arnold Korff](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-korff)
- [Adele Sandrock](https://cinepixo.com/people/adele-sandrock)
- [Hans Wassmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-wassmann)

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