''The Story of Dida Ibsen'' (German: ''Dida Ibsens Geschichte'') is a 1918 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 ...

directed by Richard Oswald and starring Anita Berber,

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and '' The Man Who Laug ...

and

Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss (''Krauß'' in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film ''Jud S ...

. It is an adaptation of

Margarete Böhme Margarete Böhme (8 May 1867 – 23 May 1939) was, arguably, one of the most widely read German writers of the early 20th century. Böhme authored 40 novels – as well as short stories, autobiographical sketches, and articles. ''The Diary of a L ...

's 1907 novel of the same title, a sequel to her best-known work '' The Diary of a Lost Girl''. It was one of a series of enlightenment films made by Oswald during the period.Prawer p.75

Cast

* Anita Berber as Dida Ibsen *

as Erik Norrensen *

as Philipp Galen *

Emil Lind Emil Lind (1872–1948) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' The Story of Dida Ibsen'' (1918) * '' Die Arche'' (1919) * '' Prostitution'' (1919) * '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Infernal Power'' (1922) * '' I.N.R.I.'' (1923) ...

as Vater Ibsen * Clementine Plessner as Frau Ibsen *

Ernst Pittschau Ernst Pittschau (5 October 1883 – 2 June 1951) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Pittschau, whose father's name was also named Ernst Pittschau, a stage actor, received an education in business and had a brief career selling dental p ...

as Eken Kornils *

Eugen Rex Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...

as Lude Schnack * Ilse von Tasso-Lind as Dame *

Maria Forescu Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitl ...

as Dienerin *

Loni Nest Eleonore "Loni" Arnault ( Nest, 4 August 1915 – 2 October 1990), known professionally by her maiden name of Loni Nest, was a German actress. Born in Berlin, she was a child star of German silent films in the 1920s. She was filmed for the first ...

as Didas Tochter

References

Bibliography

* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005. * Woodford, Charlotte & Schofield, Benedict. ''The German Bestseller in the Late Nineteenth Century''. Camden House, 2012.

External links

* 1918 films Films of the Weimar Republic German drama films German silent feature films Films directed by Richard Oswald 1918 drama films Films based on German novels German black-and-white films Silent drama films 1910s German films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub