---
title: 'Let There Be Light (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Oswald'
released: '1917-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'German Empire'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/let-there-be-light-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129911/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Let There Be Light (1917)

1917 · Drama · German Empire, Germany

Original title: Es werde Licht!

## Synopsis

Let There Be Light is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Bernd Aldor, Hugo Flink and Nelly Lagarst. It was followed by three sequels. The film was a protest against Germany's anti-abortion law, and also touched on the dangers of syphilis. It is a lost film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Oswald](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-oswald)
- **Director of Photography:** [Max Fassbender](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-fassbender)

## Cast

- [Gertrude Welcker](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrude-welcker)
- [Heinrich Schroth](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-schroth)
- [Lupu Pick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lupu-pick)
- [Emilia Unda](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilia-unda)
- [Hugo Döblin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-doblin)
- [Conrad Veidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-veidt)
- [Reinhold Schünzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-schunzel)
- [Werner Krauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-krauss)
- [Alfred Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-abel)
- [Max Gülstorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-gulstorff)
- [Kurt Vespermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-vespermann)
- [Paul Hartmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hartmann)
- [Theodor Loos](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-loos)
- [Emil Lind](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-lind)

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