The Vulture Wally (1921 film)

The Vulture Wally
Scene from a film
GermanDie Geierwally
Directed byEwald André Dupont
Written byWilhelmine von Hillern (novel)
Ewald André Dupont
Produced byHanns Lippmann
Henny Porten
StarringAlbert Steinrück
Henny Porten
William Dieterle
Eugen Klöpfer
CinematographyKarl Hasselmann
Arpad Viragh
Music byGiuseppe Becce
Bruno Schulz
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 12 September 1921 (1921-09-12)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Vulture Wally (German: Die Geierwally) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Albert Steinrück, Henny Porten and William Dieterle. The film is a bergfilm based on a novel by Wilhelmine von Hillern. It is a melodrama set in the Alps, and was one of Dupont's most successful films of the early 1920s.[1]

  1. ^ Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008. p. 28.