Orphan of Lowood
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| Directed by | Curtis Bernhardt |
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| Based on | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë |
| Produced by | Julius Sternheim |
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| Music by | Felix Bartsch |
Production company | Sternheim Film |
| Distributed by | Filmhaus Bruckmann |
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Running time | length unknown |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Orphan of Lowood (German: Die Waise von Lowood) is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Evelyn Holt, Olaf Fønss and Dina Diercks. It is based on the 1847 British novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and is the last of at least eight silent film adaptations of the novel. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Marienfelde. Director Bernhardt, a Jew wanted by the Gestapo, escaped from Nazi Germany and immigrated to Hollywood (via England) where he directed films for MGM, RKO, Columbia Pictures and Warner Brothers.