''Meriota the Dancer'' (German: ''Meriota, die Tänzerin'') is a 1922 Austrian
silent historical film
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 swa ...
directed by
Julius Herska and starring
Maria Mindzenty,
Nora Gregor and
Oscar Beregi Sr.[Büttner & Dewald p.508]
Cast
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Maria Mindzenty as Meriota
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Nora Gregor as
Lucrezia Borgia
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Oscar Beregi Sr. as
Cesare Borgia
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Max Devrient
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as
Pope Alexander VI
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Rudolf Bandler as Narr
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Victor Kutschera as Antonio Quirini
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Ferdinand Mayerhofer
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as Cecco, Wirt
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Susanne Osten as Teresa Quirini
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Norbert Schiller as Luigi Quirini
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Wilhelm Schmidt as Manrone Tosca
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Armin Seydelmann as Mateo Felice
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Hans Siebert
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as Pietro Campo
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Anna Kallina
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Hanns Kurth
References
Bibliography
* Elisabeth Büttner & Christian Dewald. ''Das tägliche Brennen: eine Geschichte des österreichischen Films von den Anfängen bis 1945, Volume 1''. Residenz, 2002.
External links
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1922 films
Austrian silent feature films
Films directed by Julius Herska
Austrian black-and-white films
1920s historical films
Films set in the 16th century
Austrian historical films
Films set in Italy
Cultural depictions of Cesare Borgia
Cultural depictions of Lucrezia Borgia
Cultural depictions of Pope Alexander VI
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