Anna Boleyn
US Blu ray & DVD cover
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Norbert Falk (as Fred Orbing) Hanns Kräly
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Henny Porten Emil Jannings Paul Hartmann
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Music by	Eduard Prasch (Original) Javier Pérez de Azpeitia (2006)
Production company	PAGU
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	3 December 1920 (1920-12-03)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	Silent film

Anna Boleyn, also known as Deception, is a 1920 German historical film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It stars Henny Porten as Anne Boleyn and Emil Jannings as King Henry VIII.

The film was produced by Paul Davidson's Union Film, a subsidiary of the giant German company UFA. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter. The film cost an estimated 8 million marks to make, but was able to recoup this from the sale of the American rights alone which brought in $200,000 (14 million marks).^[1]

Plot summary

Cast

Reception

Anna Boleyn was among Mary Pickford's favorite films, calling it "an example of superb direction and splendid acting, especially that of Emil Jannings. It was the first time on the screen that a King had been made human. It has subtle, satirical humor."^[2]

Home media

The film was released in the US by Kino Lorber as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin" in 2005–2007 with English intertitles. It was also released in the UK by Eureka's Masters of Cinema series as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies" in 2010 with German intertitles and English subtitles.