Marguerita Maria Christians, known as Mady Christians, was an Austrian-born German-American actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period.
The Farmer from Texas is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Mady Christians, Willy Fritsch, and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on the play Kolportage by Georg Kaiser. The film was considered a costly box office failure, contributing to a financial crisis at Germany's largest studio Universum Film AG. The film's sets were designed by Paul Leni.
A Waltz Dream is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Willy Fritsch, Mady Christians and Xenia Desni. It was based on the 1907 operetta Ein Walzertraum composed by Oscar Straus. It was influential on the development of later Viennese operetta films. Unlike many of UFA's ambitious productions of the 1920s, A Waltz Dream managed to recover its production cost in the domestic market alone.
Queen Louise is a German silent historical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Mady Christians, Mathias Wieman, and Anita Dorris. It was released in two separate parts slightly less than a month from each other in December 1927 and January 1928. It commenced a series of historical epics directed by Grune. It was shot partly at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.
It's You I Have Loved is a 1929 German drama film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Mady Christians, Walter Jankuhn, and Hans Stüwe. It is considered the first full sound film to be made in Germany. When it was released in the United States, the film's plot was compared to that of The Jazz Singer. It is also known as Because I Loved You.
Man Against Man is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Abel, Mady Christians and Tullio Carminati. It is based on the novel with the same title by Norbert Jacques. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Junge and Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Werner Fuetterer, Gretl Theimer and Ernö Verebes.
The Woman They Talk About is a 1931 German drama film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mady Christians, Hans Stüwe and Lilian Ellis. The film's art direction was by Botho Hoefer and Bernhard Schwidewski. It is based on the play Daniel by Louis Verneuil.
It Illuminates, My Dear is a 1922 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Mady Christians, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski and Olga Belajeff.
Debit and Credit is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Hans Brausewetter, Mady Christians, and Theodor Loos. It is based on the 1855 novel Debit and Credit.
A Woman with Style is a 1928 German silent film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Peter C. Leska and Hans Thimig. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.
The Empress and I is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Mady Christians and Conrad Veidt. It is also known by the alternative title of The Only Girl. The film was produced as a multi-language version. Moi et l'impératrice a separate French-language version was released as well as The Only Girl in English. The multilingual Harvey played the same role in all three films.
The Only Girl is a 1933 British-German musical film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Charles Boyer, and Mady Christians. It is the English-language version of The Empress and I which also starred Harvey and Christians. It was the last in a series of MLV co-productions between UFA and Gainsborough Pictures. It was released in the United States in 1934 by Fox Film.
Love's Masquerade is a 1928 German silent film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Hans Junkermann and Olga Engl.
Frederica is a 1932 German historical musical drama film directed by Fritz Friedmann-Frederich and starring Mady Christians, Hans-Heinz Bollmann and Veit Harlan. It is based on the 1928 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehar which depicts the love affair between Friederike Brion and the young Goethe.
Girls in White is a 1936 German musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Maria Cebotari, Iván Petrovich and Hilde von Stolz. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director
Him or Me is a 1930 German comedy action film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Valerie Boothby and Hans Junkermann. It marked the sound debut of Piel, a popular star of adventure films during the silent era.
The Seeds of Life is a German silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Emil Jannings, Hanna Ralph, and Hans Junkermann. It was released in three parts. The third part in the series was released as Moral und Sinnlichkeit.
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions or The Man Without a Name is a 1921 German silent adventure film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Harry Liedtke, Paul Otto, and Mady Christians. It was released in six separate parts. A number of such serials were made during the early Weimar Republic, including Joe May's The Mistress of the World.
The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorrow is a 1928 Austrian silent drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Arlette Marchal, Vivian Gibson, Livio Pavanelli. It is based on the novel of the same title by Alfred Schirokauer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger.
