''The Circus Princess'' (German: ''Die Zirkusprinzessin'') is a 1925 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

Adolf Gärtner Adolf Gärtner (1879–1958) was a German film director of the silent era.Cresswell & Dixon p.174 Selected filmography * '' The Night Talk'' (1917) * '' Sadja'' (1918) * '' The Lady in the Car'' (1919) * '' Between Two Worlds'' (1919) * ''Napoleo ...

and starring

Josefine Dora Josefine Dora (born Isidora Emilie Friese; 13 November 1867 – 28 May 1944) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in over 100 films, generally in supporting roles such as in ''The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931).Prawer p.137 Selected f ...

Olga Engl Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague Co ...

and Johanna Ewald. It is based on the operetta ''

Die Zirkusprinzessin ' (''The Circus Princess'') is an operetta in three acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán to a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 26 March 1926 and went on to 344 p ...

''.Gänzl p.1086 Another German silent film adaptation was released in 1929. The film's sets were designed by the

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Carl Ludwig Kirmse Carl Ludwig Kirmse (1888–1982) was a German art director who worked prolifically on films during the silent and sound eras.Giesen p.220 Selected filmography * ''The House of Torment'' (1921) * '' Country Roads and the Big City'' (1921) * '' T ...

Cast

In alphabetical order *

* Johanna Ewald * Cilly Feindt *

Angelo Ferrari Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema. Selected filmography * ''The Nude Woman'' (1922) * ''The Green Manuela'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * ''Pr ...

* Robert Garrison *

Rudolf Klein-Rhoden Rudolf Klein-Rhoden (27 January 1871 – 5 January 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * '' Sins of the Parents'' (1919) * '' Intoxication'' (1919) * '' Prostitution'' (1919) * ''Indische Nächte'' ...

Rudolf Lettinger Rudolf Lettinger (26 October 1865 in Hamburg – 21 March 1937 in Berlin-Schöneberg) was a German stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1883 when he played the role of Kosinsky in Friedrich Schiller's drama ''The Robbers''. Some of ...

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 ...

Otto Reinwald Otto Reinwald (23 August 1899 – 1 July 1968) was a German film actor.Eisner p.350 The elder brother of the actresses Grete Reinwald and Hanni Reinwald, he made his screen debut in 1913 as a child actor. He later became a production manager, act ...

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, mai ...

Hans Trautner Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as '' The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p. 95 Selected ...

References

Bibliography

* Kurt Gänzl, Andrew Lamb. ''Gänzl's book of the musical theatre''. Schirmer Books, 1989.

External links

* 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Adolf Gärtner German silent feature films Films based on operettas Circus films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub