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Camilla Spira was a German film actress. She appeared in 68 films between 1924 and 1986. She was born in Hamburg, Germany, of Jewish ancestry on her father's side, and died in Berlin, Germany. Her father was the Austrian actor Fritz Spira who died in the Ruma concentration camp in 1943. Her mother was actress Lotte Spira and her sister was the East German actress Steffie Spira.
Carl Theodor Auen was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the Advisory Council (Präsidialrat) of the president of the Reichsfilmkammer.
The Third Squadron is a 1926 German silent war film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Fritz Spira, Eugen Burg, and Reinhold Häussermann. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna. The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was based on a play by Bernhard Buchbinder.
Fritz Spira was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared frequently in films during the silent and early sound eras. Spira played the role of the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef in the 1926 film The Third Squadron. Spira had been working in Germany before the Nazi takeover in 1933 compelled him to leave because of his Jewish background. He went first to Poland, then returned to his native Austria. Following the Anchluss he tried to leave, but was arrested. He would die in 1943 at the Ruma concentration camp in Vojvodina.
The False Prince is a 1927 German silent film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Harry Domela, Ekkehard Arendt and John Mylong. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Karl Machus. The film was based on Domela's book recounting his own adventures in post-First World War Germany when he briefly masqueraded as Prince.
That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights is a 1927 German romance film directed by Emmerich Hanus and starring Fritz Alberti, Charlotte Susa and Olga Engl. The film was shot on location in Heidelberg.
The Pink Slippers is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Franz Hofer and starring Hanni Reinwald, Ernst Rückert and Anna von Palen.
Scandal on Park Street is a 1932 German film directed by Franz Wenzler and starring Camilla Spira, Fritz Kampers, and Kurt Lilien. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernő Metzner.
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.
Duty Is Duty is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Fritz Spira, Ralph Arthur Roberts, and Maly Delschaft.
In der Heimat, da gibt's ein Wiedersehn! is a 1926 German silent film directed by Leo Mittler and Reinhold Schünzel. It shares its name with a popular song title.
Love's Masquerade is a 1928 German silent film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Hans Junkermann and Olga Engl.
When the Mother and the Daughter is a 1928 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Fritz Spira, Trude Hesterberg, and Vera Schmiterlöw.
The Pride of the Company is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Georg H. Schnell and Camilla Spira.
The Roberts Case is a 1933 German drama film directed by Erich Engels and starring Hermann Speelmans, Camilla Spira and Eduard von Winterstein. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.
Terror of the Garrison is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Felix Bressart, Lucie Englisch and Adele Sandrock.
Ash Wednesday is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Bernd Aldor, Sybill Morel, and Claire Rommer.
The Swabian Maiden is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and Ernst Lubitsch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Carl Auen and Hermann Böttcher.
Louise de Lavallière is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Georg Burghardt and starring Emmy Schaeff, Fritz Delius and Ernst Hofmann. It portrays the life of the seventeenth century French courtesan Louise de La Vallière, a lover of Louis XIV.
Bigamy is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Alfred Abel, Margit Barnay, and Reinhold Schünzel.
