''The Secret of Wera Baranska'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis der Wera Baranska'') is a 1919 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by

Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was ban ...

Franz Porten Franz Porten (23 August 1859 – 21 May 1932) was a German actor and film director. He directed 19 films between 1906 and 1924. He was the father of actress and film producer Henny Porten, screenwriter, actress, and director Rosa Porten; and ...

and

Rosa Porten Rosa Porten (18 February 1884 – 7 May 1972) was a prolific German screenwriter, actress, and director during the silent film era. Early life Porten was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of Franz Porten and Wincenzia Porten (née Wyb ...

. It stars Wanda Treumann, Paul Hartmann, and

Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.433

Cast

* Wanda Treumann as Wera von Boranska * Paul Hartmann *

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Eugen Burg Films directed by Franz Porten Films directed by Rosa Porten Silent German drama films 1919 drama films German black-and-white films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub