''Agitated Women'' (german: Gehetzte Frauen) is a 1927 German
silent drama film
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directed by
Richard Oswald
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Early career
Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began h ...
and starring
Asta Nielsen
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,
Carmen Boni
Carmen Boni (born Maria Carmela Bonicatti; 8 April 1901 – 18 November 1963) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Maria Carmela Bonicatti was born on 8 April 1901 in Rome to a colonel and Teresa Rovere di Bergeggi. Her birth date has also been gi ...
and
Gustav Fröhlich
Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ...
.
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EFA Studios
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in
Berlin
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Gustav A. Knauer
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Selected filmography
* '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919)
* '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922)
...
.
Cast
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Asta Nielsen
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as Clarina, Tänzerin
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Carmen Boni
Carmen Boni (born Maria Carmela Bonicatti; 8 April 1901 – 18 November 1963) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Maria Carmela Bonicatti was born on 8 April 1901 in Rome to a colonel and Teresa Rovere di Bergeggi. Her birth date has also been gi ...
as Angelica, Clarinas Tochter
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Gustav Fröhlich
Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ...
as Junger Fürst
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Adolphe Engers
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Biography
Before his career in film, he was an actor on the stage a ...
as Lutschku
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Alexander Murski
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as Graf Korvin
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Kurt Gerron
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Life
Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he ...
as Wladimir, Besitzer des 'Maison Mouche'
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Camilla von Hollay
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as Gildi
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Olga Limburg
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as Fürstin Natalie Radnay
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Albert Florath
Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor.
Early life and education
Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brak ...
as Schuster Kruk
*
Jakob Tiedtke
Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film), The Pied Piper of Hamel ...
as Dr. Baran
*
Harry Nestor
Harry Nestor (born Franz Harry Pridun; 11 March 1893 – 11 November 1969) was an Austrian actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Secret of the Mummy'' (1921)
* ''The Bull of Olivera'' (1921)
* ''To the Ladies' Paradise'' (1922)
* ''City in View'' ...
as Eugen, Diener der Fürstin
*
Georg John
Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor.
Early life
Georg Jacobsohn was born into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany.
Career
John began his ...
*
Albert Paul
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Companies
* Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic
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* Albert Productions, a record label
* Albert C ...
*
Betty Astor
Betty Astor (21 April 1905 – 1972) was a German film actress. She was born Berta Baesel in Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''Upstairs and Downstairs'' (1925)
* '' Should We Be Silent?'' (1926)
* ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927)
...
*
Lidiya Tridenskaya as Barbara Kruk
*
Theodor Pistek
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Kurt Winkler
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1927 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Richard Oswald
German silent feature films
Films based on German novels
German black-and-white films
Films shot at Halensee Studios
1927 drama films
German drama films
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