''Venus in Evening Wear'' (German: ''Venus im Frack'') is a 1927 German
silent film
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directed by
Robert Land
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Biography
Born as Robert Liebmann to a German-speaking Jewish Family in Kroměříž. Land moved to Vienna to study German literature and art history. He started ...
and starring
Carmen Boni
Carmen Boni (born Maria Carmela Bonicatti; 8 April 1901 – 18 November 1963) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Maria Carmela Bonicatti was born on 8 April 1901 in Rome to a colonel and Teresa Rovere di Bergeggi. Her birth date has also been gi ...
,
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.
Personal life
He was married ...
and
Henri De Vries.
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The
art direction
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was by
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
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and
Erich Zander
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.
Cast
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Carmen Boni
Carmen Boni (born Maria Carmela Bonicatti; 8 April 1901 – 18 November 1963) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Maria Carmela Bonicatti was born on 8 April 1901 in Rome to a colonel and Teresa Rovere di Bergeggi. Her birth date has also been gi ...
and in alphabetical order
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Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.
Personal life
He was married ...
*
Henri De Vries
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Karl Elzer
Karl Conrad Elzer (2 August 1881 – 30 August 1938) was a German film actor.
Elzer was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and died in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany at age 57.
Selected filmography
* ''The Robber Bride'' (1916)
* '' ...
*
Evi Eva
Evi Eva (1899–1985) was a German film actress.Goble p.190
Selected filmography
* '' The Eyes as the Accuser'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* '' At the Edge of the Great City'' (1922)
* '' Hallig Hooge'' (1923)
* ''The Heart of Lil ...
*
Max Hansen
*
Karl Harbacher
Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914)
* '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915)
* ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920)
* '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920)
* ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921)
* ...
*
Valerie Jones
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The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nation ...
*
Paul Morgan
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Hermann Picha
Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...
*
Albert Steinrück
Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...
* Robert Thiem]
* Borwin Walth
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Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Life and career
Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...
*
Wolfgang Zilzer
Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor.
Biography
Zilzer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to German-Jewish emigrant Max Zilzer, who was employed at the ...
References
Bibliography
* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
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1927 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Robert Land
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
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