Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova, known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).
André Andrejew was one of the most important art directors of the international cinema of the twentieth century. He had a distinctive, innovative style. His décors were both expressive and realistic. French writer Lucie Derain described Andrejew at the peak of his career as "an artist of the grand style, blessed with a vision of lyrical quality." Edith C. Lee wrote recently: "Believing in creative freedom rather than academic reconstruction, André Andrejew fulfilled the 20th century's notion of the romantic, individualistic artist. The unusual titillated his imagination."
Warwick Manson Ward was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was born in St. Ives, Cornwall.
Phil Jutzi was a German cinematographer and film director.
The Fox of Glenarvon is a German propaganda film from the Nazi era portraying the years of the Irish fight for independence during World War I. It was produced in 1940 by Max W. Kimmich and starred Olga Chekhova, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian and others. The screenplay was written by Wolf Neumeister and Hans Bertram based on a novel of the same title by Nicola Rhon that had been published by the Ullstein publishing house in 1937. It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin, with sets designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Otto Erdmann. The shoot lasted from December 1939 to February 1940. It passed censorship on 22 April 1940 and had its debut in Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo two days later.
Henrik Galeen was an Austrian-born actor, screenwriter and film director considered an influential figure in the development of German Expressionist cinema during the silent era.
The Three Kings is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Henry Edwards, Evelyn Holt and Warwick Ward. Separate versions were released in Germany and Britain. At a circus in Blackpool, a violent rivalry breaks out between two of the performers over a woman.
Pawns of Passion is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Wiktor Biegański and Carmine Gallone and starring Olga Chekhova, Harry Frank and Hans Stüwe. The film was released in the United States in 1929. The film is also known by several other alternative titles including Liebeshölle.
Liberated Hands or Freed Hands is a 1939 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Olga Chekhova and Ewald Balser. It was screened at the 8th Venice International Film Festival. Horney plays a sculptor who discovers her true vocation.
Captain Wronski is a 1954 West German spy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Willy Birgel, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, and Antje Weisgerber. A Polish officer works undercover in 1930s Berlin to discover Nazi Germany's plans against his homeland.
His Daughter is Called Peter is a 1936 Austrian drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and Willy Schmidt-Gentner and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Traudl Stark and Paul Hörbiger. Stark was a child actor, considered a German-speaking answer to Hollywood's Shirley Temple.
The Old Ballroom is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Carl Auen, Olga Chekhova, and Sybill Morel. It was released in two parts, both of which premiered on the same day in Berlin.
Foolishness of His Love is a 1929 German silent film directed by Olga Chekhova and starring Michael Chekhov, Dolly Davis, and Alice Roberts.
Diane is a 1929 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Olga Chekhova, Pierre Blanchar, and Henry Victor.
The Love of the Brothers Rott is a 1929 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Olga Chekhova, Jean Dax and Paul Henckels. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew.
Melusine is a 1944 German drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Olga Chekhova, Siegfried Breuer and Angelika Hauff.
In the Temple of Venus is a 1948 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Olga Chekhova, Willy Birgel, and Hermann Speelmans. The film was originally produced during the final stages of the Second World War in 1945, but was not given a release until three years later.
Artist Love is a 1935 German historical drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Inge Schmidt, Wolfgang Liebeneiner and Olga Chekhova.
The Eternal Tone is a 1943 German drama film directed by Günther Rittau and starring Elfriede Datzig, Rudolf Prack and Olga Chekhova.
After the Verdict is a 1924 novel by the English writer Robert Hichens. It was published in London by Methuen and in New York by George H. Doran. The novel was listed as a mystery and a romance.
