''Husbands or Lovers'' (German title: ''Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau'') is a 1924 German
silent film
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directed by
Paul Czinner
Paul Czinner (30 May 1890 – 22 June 1972) was a Hungarian-born British writer, film director, and producer.
Biography
Czinner was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Austria-Hungary.
After studying literature and philosophy at the Universi ...
and starring
Elisabeth Bergner
Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in '' Esca ...
,
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The L ...
and
Conrad Veidt
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laugh ...
.
[Rentschler] It was shot at the
Staaken
Staaken () is a locality at the western rim of Berlin within the borough of Spandau.
Geography
Staaken borders on the localities of Spandau proper, Falkenhagener Feld and Wilhelmstadt. In the west it shares border with the Brandenburg municipalit ...
and
EFA Studios
The EFA Studios or Halensee Studios were film studios located in the Berlin suburb of Halensee. They were a prominent centre of film production in the Silent film, silent and early sound era. Constructed in 1919 after the First World War, they wer ...
in
Berlin
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. The film's
art direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
was by
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and
Paul Rieth.
Cast
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Elisabeth Bergner
Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in '' Esca ...
as Nju
*
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The L ...
as Ehemann
*
Conrad Veidt
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laugh ...
as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
*
Maria Bard
Maria Bard (7 July 1900 – April 1944) was a German stage actress, who made a handful of films in the silent era for Rimax, her first husband Wilhelm Graaff's company.
By 1930, her marriage with Graaff was over, and she appeared with Werner Kr ...
as Kindermädchen
*
Nils Edwall as Kind
*
Annie Röttgen
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People and fictional characters
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* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
Th ...
*
Margarete Kupfer
Margarete Kupfer (born Margarete Kupferschmid; 10 April 1881 – 11 May 1953) was a German actress.
Partial filmography
* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915)
* '' Frau Eva'' (1916)
* ''The Queen's Secretary'' (1916)
* '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) ...
*
Karl Platen
Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931).
Biography
Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ...
*
Max Kronert
Max Kronert (born Max Josef Florian Trübsand; 1873 – 22 July 1925) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Carmen'' (1918)
* ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919)
* '' The Toy of the Tsarina'' (1919)
* ''The Oyster Pr ...
*
Walter Werner
Walter Gotthard Werner (11 April 1883 – 8 January 1956) was a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1921 to 1956.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1883 births
1956 deaths
German male film actor ...
*
Grete Lundt
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People Given name
* Grete Berget (1954–2017), Norwegian politician
* Grete Da ...
*
Maria Forescu
Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitl ...
*
Fritz Ley
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin an ...
References
Bibliography
* Eric Rentschler. ''German Film & Literature''. Routledge, 2013.
External links
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1924 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Paul Czinner
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
UFA GmbH films
Films shot at Halensee Studios
Films shot at Staaken Studios
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