''The Woman One Longs For'' (German: ''Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt'') is a 1929

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silent

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directed by

Curtis Bernhardt Curtis Bernhardt (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a Jewish film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt. He trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1924, wi ...

and starring

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn; 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director. Life and career Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn into a Jewish family. He studied at the Vienna A ...

and

Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * ''The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917) * ...

. It was based on the novel of the same title by Max Brod, published in Vienna by Paul Zsolnay Verlag in 1927. Made partly at the

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and the Terra Studios, the film premiered on 29 April 1929 at the Mozartsaal in

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.Bach p.496 The film's

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was by

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. It is also known by the

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''The Three Lovers''. The film was originally silent with a scored orchestra accompaniment by

Giuseppe Becce Giuseppe Becce (3 February 1877 – 5 October 1973) was an Italian-born film score composer who enriched the German cinema. Biography Becce was born in Lonigo/ Vicenza, Italy. He showed his musical talents early and was named the director o ...

. In 1931 a synchronised

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was added with music by

Edward Kilenyi Edward Kilenyi Jr. (1910 – 2000) was a classical pianist. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1910. Kilenyi studied in Hungary with the composer/pianist Ernő Dohnányi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, earning a diploma in ...

Cast

as Stascha *

as Dr. Karoff *

as Mme. Leblanc * Oskar Sima as Charles Leblanc *

Uno Henning Knut Uno Henning (11 September 1895, Stockholm – 16 May 1970) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Henning's parents were Karl Bernhard Henning and Eleanor (Ellen) Martin. His father owned a bakery factory. Henning studied at the Royal Swedis ...

as Henry Leblanc *

Karl Etlinger Karl Etlinger (16 October 1879 – 8 May 1946) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1946. Selected filmography * '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921) * '' The Poisoned Stream'' (1921) * '' The Films of Prin ...

as Poitrier *

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 ...

as Diener * Edith Edwards as Angela Poitrier

References

Bibliography

* Bach, Steven. ''Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend''. University of Minnesota Press, 2011. * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999. * Spoto, Donald. ''Blue Angel: The Life of Marlene Dietrich''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

External links

* 1929 films 1929 drama films German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Curtis Bernhardt Terra Film films German black-and-white films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films shot at Terra Studios Silent drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub