''The Mistress of the Governor'' (German: ''Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs'') is a 1927 German silent

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

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directed by

Friedrich Feher Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950) was an Austrian actor and film director. He first entered the film business in 1913, starting out as an actor but quickly gravitated toward directing. He is perhaps bes ...

and starring

Magda Sonja Magda Sonja (born Věnceslava Johana Veselá; 23 May 1886 – 20 August 1974) was an Austrian-American actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1917 and 1936, although she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Mata Hari in '' Mata Hari: Th ...

, Fritz Kortner and

Otto Wallburg Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewish ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.257 It was shot at the

Staaken Studios Staaken Studios was a film studio located in Staaken on the outskirts of the German capital Berlin. A large former zeppelin hangar, it was converted to film use following the First World War and operated during the Weimar Republic. In July 1923 it ...

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. The film's

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was by

Max Knaake Max Knaake (1886–1968) was a German art director.Greco p.186 Selected filmography * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * '' Battle of the Sexes'' (1926) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * ''Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928) * '' The Sinner'' (19 ...

Cast

as Die Hofdame / Kammerfrau * Fritz Kortner as Zarewitsch Alexander / Gouverneurs Sohn *

as Der Zar * Alexander Murski as Ministerpräsident * Robert Garrison as Variétébesitzer *

Aribert Wäscher Aribert Wäscher (1 December 1895 – 14 December 1961) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920) * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''Slums of Berlin'' (1925) * ''The Hanseatics'' (1925) * '' T ...

Eberhard Leithoff Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar. People First name *Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire *Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian *Eberhard I, Du ...

as Abgeordneter der Bauernpartei * Hedwig Wangel as Die Zarin / Gouverneurs Gattin *

Wolfgang Zilzer Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor. Biography Zilzer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to German-Jewish emigrant Max Zilzer, who was employed at the ...

as Husarenoffizier *

Werner Pittschau Werner Pittschau (24 March 1902 – 28 October 1928) was a German theater and film actor of the silent film era. He was a leading men in 30 films during the 1920s, but his career was cut short by his death in an automobile accident, aged 26. Pit ...

as Adjutant des Zarewitsch / Adjutant des Sohnes * Heinrich Witte as Adjutants Sekretär * Paul Rehkopf *

Esther Korten Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. In the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, is deposed for disobeying him. Hadassah, a Jewess who goes by the name of Esther, is chosen ...

as Variétébesitzers Sekretärin *

Julius Brandt Julius Brandt (5 March 1873, in Olmütz – 26 December 1949, in Vienna) was an Austrian stage and film actor, film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915) * ''Pogrom'' (1919) * ''The Priso ...

as Hofarzt *

Elza Temary Elza Temary lsa Temary(12 February 1905 – 16 February 1968) was a Hungarian film actress. Personal life Elza Temary was born Elza Klecker in what is today Timișoara, Romania.(March 4, 1933). Marriage record: Philip Matthiessen Chancellor (25) ...

as Abgeordneters Frau

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1927 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Friedrich Feher German silent feature films National Film films German black-and-white films Films shot at Staaken Studios 1927 drama films German drama films 1920s historical films German historical films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub