''The Woman Without a Soul'' (german: Die Frau ohne Seele) is a 1920 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...

directed by Léo Lasko and starring Edith Meller,

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 ...

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Alfred Abel Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 223 The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Robert A. Dietrich Robert A. Dietrich (28 March 1889 – 8 September 1947) was a German art director.Scheunemann p.277 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Student of Prague'' (1913) * '' The Path of De ...

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Robert Neppach Robert Neppach (2 March 1890 – 18 August 1939) was an Austrian architect, film producer and art director. Neppach worked from 1919 in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He oversaw the art direction of over 80 films during his career, i ...

Cast

* Edith Meller as Irene von Mengern *

as Stephan Wulkowitz *

as Gunar Magnussen * Kurt Ehrle as Fabrikdirektor Brockmann *

Ferry Sikla Ferry Sikla (born Ferry Sykla; 11 March 1865 – 8 February 1932) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1914 to 1931. Selected filmography References External links * 1865 births 1932 deaths G ...

as Bankier Steinberg * Dora Tillmann as Lissy * Dorrith van der Wyk as Anneliese, Kind von Brockmann * Anna von Palen as Frau von Waldburg *

Marga Köhler Marga may refer to: People *Marga (Batak), a family name in Batak society * Marga Barbu (1929–2009), Romanian actress * Marga Boodts (1895–1976), woman claimed to be Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia * Marga Gomez (born 1960), Puerto Ri ...

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Léo Lasko German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub