Anny Ondra was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion Max Schmeling.
Nita Naldi was an American stage performer and silent film actress. She was often cast in theatrical and screen productions as a vamp, a persona first popularized by actress Theda Bara.
Count Alexander "Sascha" Joseph von Kolowrat-Krakowsky was an Austrian film producer of Bohemian-Czech descent from the House of Kolowrat. A pioneer of Austrian cinema, he founded the first major film studio Sascha-Film in Vienna.
Café Elektric (1927) is an Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky.
Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym was an actor and collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement.
Sodom und Gomorrha: Die Legende von Sünde und Strafe is an Austrian silent epic film from 1922. It was shot on the Laaer Berg, Vienna, as the enormous backdrops specially designed and constructed for the film were too big for the Sievering Studios of the production company, Sascha-Film, in Sievering. The film is distinguished, not so much by the strands of its often opaque plot, as by its status as the largest and most expensive film production in Austrian film history. In the creation of the film between 3,000 and 14,000 performers, extras and crew were employed.
The City Without Jews is a 1924 Austrian Expressionist film by Hans Karl Breslauer, based on the novel of the same title by Hugo Bettauer. The film is one of the few surviving Expressionist films from Austria and has therefore been well researched. The film was first shown on 25 July 1924 in Vienna.
Magdalena Maria Schneider was a German actress and singer. She was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.
Artur Semyonovich Berger was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during which time he worked on about 30 feature films. In 1936 he emigrated to the Soviet Union, where he continued to work on films until the early 1970s.
Teddy Bill was an Austrian actor. Later in his career he was also credited as Teddy Kern.
Vienna, City of Song is a 1930 German musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Charlotte Ander, Paul Morgan and Igo Sym. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.
The Girl with the Whip is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Werner Fuetterer and Sig Arno. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Heinrich Richter. It was based on a play by Hans H. Zerlett.
The Zürich Engagement is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Liselotte Pulver, Paul Hubschmid, and Bernhard Wicki. A young woman working at a dentist's office falls in love with one of the patients. She writes down her fantasies about him, but problems arise when her words are discovered and are turned into a screenplay for a new film. It is also known by the alternative title The Affairs of Julie.
The Model from Montparnasse or Adieu Mascotte is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lilian Harvey, Igo Sym and Marietta Millner. Originally made as a silent film, it later had synchronized sound added. It is set in the Demimonde of Paris with a heroine working as an artist's model.
Eve's Daughters is a 1928 Czech-German silent drama film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Anny Ondra, Karel Lamač and Wolfgang Zilzer.
The Cruel Mistress is a 1932 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Fritz Rasp and Lina Woiwode. A separate French-language version Should We Wed Them? was also released. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Dr. Emil Mayer was an Austrian photographer, lawyer, inventor, and businessperson.
Archduke John is a 1929 Austrian silent historical drama film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Igo Sym, Xenia Desni and Paul Biensfeldt. It portrays the life of Archduke John of Austria, a nineteenth century member of the Habsburg Dynasty.
Love in May is a 1928 Austrian silent film directed by Robert Wohlmuth and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Betty Astor and Igo Sym.
Gypsy Love is a 1922 Austrian silent film directed by Thomas E. Walsh and starring Anny Ondra and Albert von Kersten.
