''Odette'' (german: Mein Leben für das Deine) is a 1928 German
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
based upon the play by
Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 18318 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-centur ...
, directed by
Luitz-Morat
Luitz-Morat (1884–1929) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director.Oscherwitz p.35
Selected filmography
* ''A Roman Orgy'' (1911)
* ''The City Destroyed'' (1924)
* '' Surcouf'' (1925)
* ''Jean Chouan'' (1926)
* ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1 ...
, and starring
Francesca Bertini
Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 5 January 1892 – 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century.
Biography
Born in Pra ...
,
Warwick Ward
Warwick Ward (3 December 1891 – 9 December 1967) was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was born in ...
, and
Simone Vaudry
Simone Vaudry (25 February 1906 – 3 January 1993) was a French film actress, most of whose films were made during the silent era.
Selected filmography
* '' L'épingle rouge'' (1921)
* '' The Black Sheep'' (1922)
* '' Vingt ans après'' (192 ...
.
[Goble p. 408] Bertini would star in two other adaptations of the play, ''
Odette'' (1916) and ''
Odette'' (1934).
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Emil Hasler
Emil Hasler (November 8, 1901 – January 15, 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as ''Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawe ...
and
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff (1880–1938) was an Austrian art director. After leaving Germany in the early 1930s he moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry. He co-directed the 1931 film '' The Bells''.Bergfelder & Cargnel ...
.
Cast
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Francesca Bertini
Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 5 January 1892 – 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century.
Biography
Born in Pra ...
as Odette
*
Warwick Ward
Warwick Ward (3 December 1891 – 9 December 1967) was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was born in ...
as Graf Georg de Clermont-Latour, ihr Mann
*
Simone Vaudry
Simone Vaudry (25 February 1906 – 3 January 1993) was a French film actress, most of whose films were made during the silent era.
Selected filmography
* '' L'épingle rouge'' (1921)
* '' The Black Sheep'' (1922)
* '' Vingt ans après'' (192 ...
as Jacqueline, beider Tochter
*
Fred Solm
Fred Solm (22 January 1899 – 1982) was an Austrian actor, director and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
* '' U 9 Weddigen'' (1927)
* '' Die Lindenwirtin am Rhein'' (1927)
* ''The Champion of the World'' (1927)
* ''The Famous Woman'' (1927)
* ' ...
as Marquis Gaston de Meyran
*
Fritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn; 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director.
Life and career
Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn into a Jewish family. He studied at the Vienna A ...
as Frontenac
*
Angelo Ferrari
Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema.
Selected filmography
* ''The Nude Woman'' (1922)
* ''The Green Manuela'' (1923)
* ''Samson'' (1923)
* '' The Faces of Love'' (1924)
* ''Pr ...
as Cardeilhan
*
Alfred Gerasch as Philippe La Hoche
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1928 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
1920s German-language films
German films based on plays
Films based on works by Victorien Sardou
Remakes of Italian films
Films directed by Luitz-Morat
German black-and-white films
1928 drama films
German drama films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
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