''The Queen of the Baths'' (german: Die Königin des Weltbades) is a 1926 German silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Victor Janson Victor Arthur Eduard Janson ( lv, Viktors Artūrs Eduards Jansons; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvians, Latvian ethnicity. Selected filmography Actor * ''Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916) ...

and starring

Mary Nolan Mary Nolan (born Mariam Imogene Robertson; December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948) was an American stage and film actress, singer and dancer. She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles ...

Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He appe ...

and

Livio Pavanelli Livio Cesare Pavanelli (7 September 1881 – 29 April 1958) was an Italian film actor. Pavanelli was born in Copparo, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and died in Rome in 1958 at age 76. Selected filmography * ''Mariute'' (1918) *'' Fabiola'' (1 ...

.Grange p. 242 The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Micheline Bonnard *

as Lord Arthur Blythe *

as Marquis *

Camilla von Hollay Camilla von Hollay (born Kamilla Borbála Hollay; 11 July 1899 – 9 February 1967) was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1917 and 1930. She was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary and died ...

as Mme. Richemond *

Ida Wüst Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA). Life and career Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...

as Fürstin Wolkonski * Gertrud Arnold as Lady Blythe *

Ferdinand Hart Ferdinand Hart (28 October 1893 in Písek – 12 January 1937 in Prague) was a film actor from Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * '' The Hungarian Princess'' (1923) * '' The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * ''You Walk So Softly'' (1928) * '' Und ...

as Maler Tschakoff *

Lissy Arna Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...

as Mannequin *

Eva Speyer Eva Speyer also known as Eva Speyer-Stoeckel and Eva Ebert (24 August 1882 – 13 August 1975) was a German actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1911 to 1932. Selected filmography References External links * * * 1882 ...

as Direktrice *

Alf Blütecher Alf Blütecher (7 February 1880 – 5 March 1959) was a Norwegian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1913 to 1930. Selected filmography References External links

* 1880 births 1959 deaths People from Tokke Norwegian mal ...

as Gibson * Paul Morgan as Spieler *

Siegfried Berisch Siegfried Berisch (? – 4 October 1933, in Vienna), was a German-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 actor. Partial filmography * 1922 ...

as Spieler *

Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film indust ...

as Spieler

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Victor Janson Films based on German novels National Film films German black-and-white films German comedy films 1926 comedy films Silent comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub