All for Money
About All for Money
Butcher-turned-industrialist S. I. Rupp, played by Emil Jannings, spoils his racing-mad son Fred, played by Ulrich Bettac. Henry von Platen, played by Walter Rilla, loses his job as a variety-theater electrician for stopping Rupp with a dancer, and his fiancée Asta von Laar, played by Dagny Servaes, sells the family jewels to Rupp and agrees to marry him so she can keep her sick mother. A duel is dropped when Fred offers to fight in his father's place. Rupp then has a race sabotaged, not knowing Fred is at the wheel of the other car, and Fred is killed. The valet Pitt names the fixer in court, Rupp is cleared, and Asta returns to Henry.
Cast & crew
More about All for Money
Reinhold Schünzel directed. Hanns Kräly and Rudolf Stratz wrote it. Jannings produced, with Paul Davidson in charge. Alfred Hansen and Ludwig Lippert photographed it. Kurt Richter designed the sets. It was shot in the early summer of 1923 at the EFA studios in Berlin, the only feature made by Jannings's own company. Censors passed it on August 21, 1923. The premiere was November 5, 1923, at the U.T. Kurfürstendamm. Six acts, 2,821 meters. UFA distributed it. Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein plays Asta's mother. Curt Goetz plays Count Erhardt. Schünzel plays a black marketeer.
Themes
Making
Jannings set up his own company for this one picture and hired Davidson to run the production at EFA.
Look
Alfred Hansen and Ludwig Lippert shot the variety theater, the duel, and the race at the EFA studios in Berlin.
Music
The 1923 release is silent, with German titles. In 1928 Gotham Productions issued an American synchronized version, still without dialogue, including the song "Fortune's Fool" by Frank Padwa and Irving Mills.
Preservation
A complete print is at the George Eastman Museum. A copy is posted for viewing.
Notes
- The German title is Alles für Geld.
- English Wikipedia lists Hermann Thimig as Fred. The German filmography credits Ulrich Bettac.
- English Wikipedia places the shoot at the Halensee Studios. The German record names the EFA studios in Berlin.
- Kräly's script was his last written in Germany.
- A complete print is at the George Eastman Museum.
Scenes
- Henry loses his job for stopping Rupp with the dancer, and Asta sells her jewels to Rupp.
- Fred dies in the race his father had fixed, and Pitt names the fixer in court.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-all-for-money)
