---
title: 'Svengali (1927)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gennaro Righelli'
released: '1927-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/svengali-1927'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382999/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Svengali (1927)

1927 · 104 min · Drama · Germany


## Synopsis

Svengali is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Paul Wegener, Anita Dorris and André Mattoni. It was produced and written by Max Glass, an adaptation of the 1894 George du Maurier novel Trilby. This is one of the adaptations of the novel that shifts the focus of the story more to Svengali, since at this time anti-Semitism was on the rise in Germany, and Svengali was portrayed as an evil Jew in the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gennaro Righelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennaro-righelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Max Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-glass)
- **Producer:** [Max Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-glass)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Walter Ulfig](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-ulfig)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arpad Viragh](https://cinepixo.com/people/arpad-viragh)

## Cast

- [André Mattoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-mattoni)
- [Hertha von Walther](https://cinepixo.com/people/hertha-von-walther)
- [Hans Brausewetter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-brausewetter)
- [Paul Wegener](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-wegener)
- [Hermann Picha](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-picha)
- [Anita Dorris](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-dorris)
- [Teddy Bill](https://cinepixo.com/people/teddy-bill)
- [Alexander Granach](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-granach)
- [Paul Biensfeldt](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-biensfeldt)

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