Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film '. Gessner appeared in a mixture of German and Austrian films during her career. Following the

Anchluss The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a "Greater Germany" ...

of 1938 she fled with her Jewish husband

Ernst Lothar Ernst Lothar (; 25 October 1890 – 30 October 1974) was a Moravian-Austrian writer, theatre director/manager and producer. He was born Ernst Lothar Müller, and as Müller is a very common German surname, he dropped it. His brother, Hans M ...

to the United States, returning after the Second World War.Vansart p.18

Selected filmography

* ''

Catherine the Last ''Catherine the Last'' (German: ''Katharina, die Letzte'') is a 1936 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Franciska Gaal, Hans Holt and Hans Olden.Bock & Bergfelder p.257 It was made by the Austrian subsidiary of Univ ...

'' (1936) * '' After the Storm'' (1948) * '' The Angel with the Trumpet'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949) * '' No Time for Flowers'' (1952) * ''

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) * '' Voices of Spring'' (1952) * '' Stolen Identity'' (1953) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1954) * ' (1955) * ''

Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love ''Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (German: ''Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe''/''Mayerling'') is a 1955 Austrian historical drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Rudolf Prack, Christiane Hörbiger and Winnie Markus.Bock & Bergfelder ...

'' (1955) * ''

I Often Think of Piroschka ''I Often Think of Piroschka'' (german: Ich denke oft an Piroschka) is a 1955 German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Gunnar Möller and Wera Frydtberg. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. T ...

'' (1955) * ''

Marriage Sanitarium ''Marriage Sanitarium'' (German: ''Ehesanatorium'') is a 1955 Austrian comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Adrian Hoven, Maria Emo and Margit Saad. It was shot at the Sievering and Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. The film's sets ...

'' (1955) * ''

The Blue Danube "The Blue Danube" is the common English title of "An der schönen blauen Donau", Op. 314 (German for "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed on 15 Februa ...

'' (1955) * ''

The Golden Bridge ''The Golden Bridge'' (german: Die goldene Brücke) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Curd Jürgens and Paul Hubschmid.Bock & Bergfelder p.282 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Th ...

'' (1956) * ''

Salzburg Stories ''Salzburg Stories'' (German: ''Salzburger Geschichten'') is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Marianne Koch, Paul Hubschmid and Peter Mosbacher.Bock & Bergfelder p.253 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios ...

'' (1957) * '' The Schimeck Family'' (1957) * ''

The Trapp Family in America ''The Trapp Family in America'' (german: Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika) is a 1958 West German comedy drama film about the real-life Austrian musical Trapp Family directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, and Josef Me ...

'' (1958) * ''

A Breath of Scandal ''A Breath of Scandal'' (released as ''Olympia'' in Italy) is a 1960 American/Italian international co-production romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the stage play ''Olympia'' by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Sophia Lore ...

'' (1960) * ''

I'm Marrying the Director ''I'm Marrying the Director'' (German: ''Ich heirate Herrn Direktor'') is a 1960 Austrian comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heidelinde Weis, Gerhard Riedmann and Hans Söhnker.Bock & Bergfelder p.252 It was shot at the ...

'' (1960) * ''

The Adventures of Count Bobby ''The Adventures of Count Bobby'' (German: ''Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby'') is a 1961 Austrian comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Vivi Bach and Gunther Philipp. It was the first in a trilogy of films featu ...

'' (1961) * ''

The Model Boy ''The Model Boy'' (German: ''Der Musterknabe'') is a 1963 Austrian comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Cornelia Froboess and Gunther Philipp. Von Dassanowsky p.184 A doctor poses as his brother and goes to school ...

'' (1963) * '' The Spendthrift'' (1964) * ''

Tales from the Vienna Woods "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (german: "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald", links=no, italic=no, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Composed in 1868, , Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss II which featured a vi ...

'' (1979)

References

Bibliography

* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity ''. Berghahn Books, 2013. * Vansant, Jacqueline. ''Reclaiming Heimat: Trauma and Mourning in Memoirs by Jewish Austrian Reémigrés''. Wayne State University Press, 2001.

External links

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