''Only a Dancing Girl'' (german: Nur eine Tänzerin, sv, Bara en danserska) is a 1926 German-Swedish
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 ...
directed by
Olof Molander
Olof Johan Harald Molander (8 October 1892 – 26 May 1966) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He was most notable for his many Strindberg and Shakespeare productions. Biography
Molander was born in Helsinki. He was the son of the dire ...
and starring
Lil Dagover,
Walter Janssen
Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* '' The Dancer'' (1919)
* ''Destiny'' (1921)
* ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...
and
Harry Halm
Harry Halm (born Harry Hermann Hahn; 17 January 1901 – 22 November 1980) was a German film actor.
He was the son of director Alfred Halm and took acting lessons with Eduard von Winterstein and Hermann Vallentin. He began his stage career in 19 ...
.
[Schumann p. 180]
The film's sets were designed by
Franz Schroedter
Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212
Selected filmography
* '' The Black Count'' (1920)
* '' The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921)
* '' The New Paradise'' (1921)
* '' The Queen of Whitechap ...
.
Cast
*
Lil Dagover as Marie Berner - varieté dansös
*
Walter Janssen
Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* '' The Dancer'' (1919)
* ''Destiny'' (1921)
* ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...
as Paul Zentler -notarie, författare
*
Harry Halm
Harry Halm (born Harry Hermann Hahn; 17 January 1901 – 22 November 1980) was a German film actor.
He was the son of director Alfred Halm and took acting lessons with Eduard von Winterstein and Hermann Vallentin. He began his stage career in 19 ...
as Heinrich Zentler -hans bror, åklagere
*
Jakob Tiedtke
Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film), The Pied Piper of Hamel ...
as Ph Zentler, deras far
*
Karin Swanström
Karin Swanström (June 13, 1873 – July 5, 1942) was a Swedish actress, producer and director.
Early life
Swanström was born in St. Olai congregation in Norrköping. Little is known of her life before she was accepted for the Royal Dram ...
as fru Zentler
*
Nils Aréhn
Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas.
People and animals with the given name
* Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
*Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...
as Ludwig Radinger - rådman
*
Lucie Höflich
Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin. as fru Radinger
*
Ivan Hedqvist
Ivan Hedqvist (8 June 1880 – 23 August 1935) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.103 He also directed four silent films.
Selected filmography
* '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923)
* '' Life in the Country'' (1924)
* '' Ingmar's Inheritance ...
as Heinrich von Wittenberg
*
Uno Henning
Knut Uno Henning (11 September 1895, Stockholm – 16 May 1970) was a Swedish stage and film actor.
Henning's parents were Karl Bernhard Henning and Eleanor (Ellen) Martin. His father owned a bakery factory.
Henning studied at the Royal Swedis ...
as Fritz Lerma - konstnär
*
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.
Early life
...
as Restauranggäst
*
Hertha von Walther
Hertha von Walther (born Hertha Stern und Walter von Monbary, 12 June 1903 – 12 April 1987) was a German film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1921 and 1983.
Biography
Hertha von Walther was born Hertha Stern und Walther von Monb ...
as Anna Berner - Maries syster
*
Clementine Plessner
Clementine Plessner (7 December 1855 – 27 February 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Plessner worked in the German film industry and appeared in over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. Plessner featured in Richard Oswald's ...
as kokerska hos Zentlers
*
Hermann Picha
Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...
as vän till Zentlers
*
Robert Leffler
Robert Leffler (9 January 1866 – 15 March 1940) was a German actor, film director and opera singer (bass).
Selected filmography
* '' The Haunted Castle'' (1921)
* ''The Fear of Women'' (1921)
* '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922)
* ''A D ...
as vän till Zentlers
*
Hugo Döblin
Hugo Döblin (29 October 1876 – 4 November 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.233 He appeared in more than eighty films, most of them during the silent era. The Jewish Döblin left Germany following the Nazi Party's rise to power i ...
as Ej identifierad roll
*
Michael Chernof
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
as portvakt hos Zentlers
*
Anna-Lisa Ryding
Anna-Lisa (born Anna Lisa Ruud; 30 March 1933 – 21 March 2018) was a Norwegian-born actress who appeared primarily in American films and television series, until she returned to Norway in the early 1970s, where she became a puppeteer.
Early ...
as Grete Radinger - Pauls fästmö
References
Bibliography
* Uwe Jens Schumann. ''Hans Albers: seine Filme, sein Leben''. Heyne, 1980.
External links
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1926 films
Swedish silent feature films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films based on works by Guy de Maupassant
Films directed by Olof Molander
German black-and-white films
Swedish black-and-white films
1926 drama films
German drama films
Swedish drama films
Silent drama films
1920s German films
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