Rudolf Christians didn't live to see the showing of his last movie which was considered to be a production of the superlative from the beginning. He died during the shooting because of pneumonia.
His role as Mr. Hughes was impersonated by the actor Robert Edeson for the last takes.
He went with his family to the USA where he became a director at the Irving Place Theatre. But when World War I broke out, his wife and his daughter returned to Germany, he remained in the USA. There he continued successfully his film-career.
The actor Rudolf Christians was very successful at different German stages before he also turned the the film business.