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The Famous Woman
''The Famous Woman'' (German: ''Die berühmte Frau'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Lili Damita, Fred Solm and Warwick Ward. It was based on the play '' Die Tänzerin'' by Melchior Lengyel, who also wrote the film's screenplay. While performing in Barcelona, a dancer falls in love with a Spanish aristocrat. He proposes marriage to her providing she give up her profession. She agrees and the wedding preparations begin. When her troupe returns to Spain, however, she is drawn back to her true calling as a dancer and her aristocratic lover reluctantly allows her to go free. Damita's performance was particularly praised, as was the cinematography of Otto Kanturek who had done location shooting in Barcelona.Jung & Schatzberg p.141-142 Cast * Lili Damita as Sonja Litowskaja * Fred Solm as Alfredo de Cavalcante * Warwick Ward as Gerald * Lissy Arna as Zofe bei Sonja * Alexander Granach as Diener bei Alfredo * Arnold Korff as Der Herz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Solm
Fred Solm (22 January 1899 – 1982) was an Austrian actor, director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' U 9 Weddigen'' (1927) * '' Die Lindenwirtin am Rhein'' (1927) * ''The Champion of the World'' (1927) * ''The Famous Woman'' (1927) * '' Linden Lady on the Rhine'' (1927) * ''U-9 Weddigen'' (1927) * '' Mein Leben für das Deine'' (1928) * ''The Great Adventuress'' (1928) * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * '' Number 17'' (1928) * '' Odette'' (1928) * ''When the Guard Marches'' (1928) * ''Marianne'' (1929) * ''Adventure in Vienna ''Adventure in Vienna'' (German: ''Abenteuer in Wien'') is a 1952 Austrian crime thriller film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers and Adrienne Gessner.Fritsche p.243 It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel '' ...'' (1952) Bibliography * Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. External links * Austrian male film actors Austrian male silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Tänzerin
''The Dancer'' (german: Die Tänzerin) is a 1915 German silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Leopoldine Konstantin, and Bruno Kastner. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Cast *Adolf Baumann *Ludwig Hartau *Tatjana Irrah *Bruno Kastner *Leopoldine Konstantin *Max Laurence Friedrich Rudolf Max Laurence (5 August 1852 – 26 May 1926) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * '' The Dancer'' (1915) * '' Hans und Hanni'' (1915) * '' Mountain Air'' (1917) * '' Diary of a ... References External links * Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Georg Jacoby German drama films 1915 drama films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios German black-and-white films 1910s dance films Silent drama films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |