The Mistress of the World

The Mistress of the World
American promotional poster from the re-edited 1922 version, Number 4. Saved by Wireless
Directed by	Joseph Klein (Parts 1 and 4) Joe May (all) Uwe Jens Krafft (Parts 4,5,6) Karl Gerhardt (Part 7)
Written by	Karl Figdor Ruth Goetz Richard Hutter Joe May Wilhelm Roellinghoff
Based on	Die Herrin der Welt by Karl Figdor
Produced by	Joe May
Starring	Mia May Michael Bohnen Henry Sze Hans Mierendorff
Cinematography	Werner Brandes
Music by	Ferdinand Hummel
Production company	May-Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	1919 (1919) (Parts I-IV) 1920 (1920) (Parts V-VIII)
Country	Weimar Republic
Languages	Silent film German intertitles
Budget	5.9 million marks (equivalent to 7 million 2021 €)

The Mistress of the World (German: Die Herrin der Welt) is an eight-part 1919 silent film made in the Weimar Republic starring Mia May in the lead role. The film, under the creative control of director Joe May, is noted for bringing together talent from across German cinema, including many who would work behind the camera during the emergence of German Expressionist cinema.

The story follows a young Danish woman on her globe-trotting adventures to find the legendary lost treasure of the Queen of Sheba that she hopes will enable her to bring revenge on the man that drew her father to commit suicide and led to her own social destruction.^[1] The first film was released in Germany on 5 December 1919, and this was followed each week by the release of the subsequent episodes.^[2]