''The Woman Who Did '' (German: ''Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf'', English: The Woman with the Bad Reputation) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Benjamin Christensen and starring

Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...

, Gustav Fröhlich and

Alexandra Sorina Alexandra Sorina (Belarusian: Аляксандра Зорына, Russian: Александра Зорина; born Aleksandra Tsvikevich, 17 September 1899 – 31 May 1973) was a Russian Empire-born actress who had a career in Weimar Germany, m ...

. It was an adaptation of the 1895 British novel ''

The Woman Who Did ''The Woman Who Did'' (1895) is a novel by Grant Allen about a young, self-assured middle-class woman who defies convention as a matter of principle and who is fully prepared to suffer the consequences of her actions. It was first published in Lo ...

'' by Grant Allen. The film's

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was by Hans Jacoby.

Cast

as Allan Merrick * Gustav Fröhlich as James Compson *

as Herminia Barton * Daisy Campbell as Frau Merrick * Marian Alma as Diener * Walter Bruckmann as Tadeo * Danielowitsch as Kind * Dembot as Detektiv * Hertha Müller as Backfisch * Frida Richard as Alte Frau * Fritz Richard as Alter Mann *

Mathilde Sussin Mathilde Sussin (21 September 1876 – 2 August 1943) was an Austrian actress. Sussin was born in Vienna into a Jewish family and died in 1943 at Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * ''The Black Tulip ...

as Frau Compson *

Robert Taube Robert Taube (1880–1961) was a Russian-born German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''I.N.R.I.'' (1923) * ''Carlos and Elisabeth'' (1924) * ''The Woman Who Did'' (1925) * ''Das leichte Mädchen Das or DAS may refer to: Orga ...

as Mr. Compson * Eugenie Teichgräber as Dolores

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

* 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Benjamin Christensen Films based on Canadian novels Films set in England Remakes of British films UFA GmbH films Films produced by Erich Pommer German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub