''A Woman Branded'' or ''Dangers of Love'' (German: ''Gefahren der Liebe'') is a 1931 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Eugen Thiele Eugen Thiele (1897–1938) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Of Jewish backgroundPrawer p.213 he was the younger brother of Wilhelm Thiele. After a spell as an actor he established himself as a director in the Cinema of Germany, Germ ...

and starring

Toni van Eyck Toni van Eyck (; 1910–1988) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Taylor p.148 Selected filmography * ''Spring Awakening (1929 film), Spring Awakening'' (1929) * ''Revolt in the Reformatory'' (1929) * ''Painted Youth'' (1929) * ''A W ...

Elsa Bassermann Elsa Bassermann (born Elsa Sarah Schiff; January 14, 1878 – May 30, 1961) was a German screenwriter, stage and film actress. She was married to Albert Bassermann and often acted with him. As she was Jewish the couple had to leave Nazi Germa ...

and

Hans Stüwe Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Prinz Louis Ferdinand'' (1927) * ''Potsdam'' (1927) * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927) * '' Assassination'' ( ...

. It was shot at the

Terra Studios The Terra Studios or Marienfelde Studios were film studios located in the Berlin suburb of Marienfelde. The studios were originally a glasshouse constructed in 1913 by the early company Eiko Film, controlled by the producer Franz Vogel who ha ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

.Klaus p.93 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * ''The Sensational Tr ...

Synopsis

After a young woman is raped she finds herself suffering from

venereal disease Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are Transmission (medicine), spread by Human sexual activity, sexual activity, especi ...

. She takes revenge on the perpetrator by shooting him, before being forced to defend her actions in court.

Cast

as Ilse Thorn *

as Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter *

as Dr. Kurt Rehmann - Ilses Verlobter *

Albert Bassermann Albert Bassermann (7 September 1867 – 15 May 1952) was a German stage and screen actor. He was considered to be one of the greatest German-speaking actors of his generation and received the famous Iffland-Ring. He was married to Elsa Sch ...

as Dr. Ringius, defense lawyer *

Hans Adalbert Schlettow Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1888 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. Among his best-known film roles was ''Hagen von Tronje' ...

as Verwalter Bodde *

Kurt Lilien Kurt Lilien (born Kurt Lilienthal; 6 August 1882 – 28 May 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a Jewish family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to Sobibor extermination camp by the ...

as Dr. Wendel *

Veit Harlan Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial ...

as Ein Student * Karl Klebusch as Geheimrat Rehmann * S.O. Schoening as Professor Lehr * Karl Junge-Swinburne as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts *

Kurt Ehrle Kurt Ehrle (26 May 1884 – 17 April 1967) was a German stage and film actor.Parrill p.359 Selected filmography * '' Put to the Test'' (1918) * '' Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * ''Baccarat'' (1919) * '' Satan'' (1920) * ''The Woman ...

as Prosecutor *

Ingolf Kuntze Ingolf Kuntze (1890–1952) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.217 He was active as a character actor, appearing in supporting roles in a number of films during the Nazi era. Selected filmography * '' A Woman Branded'' (1931) * '' And W ...

as Dr. Markow, prakt. Arzt * Rudolf Weinmann as Professor Winterfeldt *

Ernst Hofmann Ernst Karl Heinrich Hofmann (7 December 1880 – 27 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses'' (1916) * '' Dr. Hart's Diary'' (1917) * '' Countess Kitchenmaid'' (1918) * '' Ikarus, the Flying Man ...

as Assistenzarzt *

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the fil ...

as Gefängniswärter * Charlotte Ziegler as Ilse Thorns Freundin

References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931''. Klaus-Archiv, 2006. * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 drama films German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Eugen Thiele Films about sexually transmitted diseases Courtroom films German films about revenge German black-and-white films Rape and revenge films 1930s German films Films shot at Terra Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub