''Artist Love'' (german: Künstlerliebe) is a 1935 German

historical drama A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and s ...

film directed by

Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen – 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he emigrated to Britain from Nazi Ge ...

and starring ,

Wolfgang Liebeneiner Wolfgang Georg Louis Liebeneiner (6 October 1905 – 28 November 1987) was a German actor, film director and theatre director. Beginnings He was born in Liebau in Prussian Silesia. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the director of th ...

and

Olga Chekhova Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred ...

. 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 and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vis ...

Werner Schlichting Werner Schlichting (1904–1996) was a German art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He worked on a number of Austrian films including '' The Congress Dances'' and '' The Last Ten Days'' (1955).Fritsche p.253 Sel ...

Synopsis

In 1887 in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

, a rising artist paints a portrait of a dancer. The success of it during an exhibition leads to him being awarded a major commission in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

, and he begins to move in

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. By the time he returns home he has almost forgotten about her.

Cast

* as Toni *

as Peter *

as Olivia Vanderhagen *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wilh ...

as Stupps * Harald Paulsen as Count Hohenstein *

Genia Nikolaieva Genia Nikolajewa (1904–2001) was a Russian-born German actress who made films in several countries, notably in Germany where she appeared in films such as Robert Siodmak's 1932 comedy ''Quick''Alpi p.345 in a succession of supporting or minor r ...

as Mizzi *

Ilse Fürstenberg Ilse Fürstenberg (12 December 1907, in Berlin – 16 December 1976, in Basel) was a German actress, working on stage, screen, television and as voice actress. Selected filmography * '' The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Raths Wirtschafterin / Maid * '' ...

as Frau Heller *

Otto Sauter-Sarto Otto Sauter-Sarto (29 April 1884 – 19 January 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1920 and 1956. Selected filmography * '' Lumpaci the Vagabond'' (1922) * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) * ''The Blue of Heaven'' (1932) * ...

as Herr Sedlmair *

Josefine Dora Josefine Dora (born Isidora Emilie Friese; 13 November 1867 – 28 May 1944) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in over 100 films, generally in supporting roles such as in ''The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931).Prawer p.137 Selected f ...

as Frau Sedlmair *

Paul Mederow Paul Friedrich Wolfgang Mederow (30 June 1887 – 17 December 1974) was a German stage and film actor. Mederow was born in Stralsund, in the Prussian province of Pomerania and died at age 87 in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. Partial filmogra ...

as Professor Bergland * F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Prince regent * Klaus Pohl as ballet master * Albert von Kersten as von Reedern *Kurt Keller-Nebri as Intendant *

Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * ''Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ''Film Kathi'' (1918) * ''Lorenzo Burghardt'' ...

as Artist love *

Valeska Stock Valeska Stock (1887–1966) was a German actress who appeared in around thirty films in supporting roles. Stock originally trained as a ballet dancer in her native Breslau, before moving into theatre and then into the film industry. She played th ...

as Frau Memminger *Alfred Stein as Beamter im Glaspalast *Max Tobien as Beamter im Glaspalast *Nino Poli as Italian dealer *Erika Nymgau-Odemar as Italian landlady *Hanns Waschatko as packer *Peter Frank-Höfer as Peter's friend *Hans Bernuth as Peter's friend *Heinrich Thomas as Peter's friend *Eberhard Schott as Peter's friend

References

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* Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen Films of Nazi Germany Terra Film films 1930s historical drama films German historical drama films Films set in the 1880s Films set in Munich Films set in Rome Films about fictional painters German black-and-white films 1935 drama films 1930s German films 1930s German-language films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub