Xenia Desni was a Ukrainian silent screen era actress who predominantly appeared in German films.
Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.
Decameron Nights is a 1924 British-German silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke and Werner Krauss. It is based on the novel Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.
The Tower of Silence is a 1925 German mystic melodrama directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni and Nigel Barrie. The Tower of Silence is a silent film, and one of the few films by Guter to survive. In 2007, it became the director's first film to be restored for modern audiences.
The House in Dragon Street is a 1921 German silent crime film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Edmund Löwe, Werner Krauss and Lilly Flohr. The film premiered in Berlin on 24 June 1921.
The Black Panther is a 1921 German silent film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Yelena Polevitskaya, Xenia Desni and Eugen Burg. The film was produced by Russo Film, a small production outfit associated with Decla-Bioscop, which had been set up to produce films based on literature. The film was adapted from a play by Volodymyr Vynnychenko. It premiered on 14 October 1921 at a Decla cinema on the Unter den Linden.
The Found Bride is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Xenia Desni, André Mattoni and Jenny Jugo. It premiered on 28 April 1925 at the Tauentzienpalast in Berlin.
The Pink Diamond is a 1926 German silent comedy-drama film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Xenia Desni, Rudolf Klein-Rogge and William Dieterle. It was based on the play Karriere by Richard Kepler. The film's sets were designed by Egon Eiermann. It premiered on 8 March 1926.
Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine is a 1927 German silent film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni, Jack Trevor and Elisabeth Pinajeff. The film's art direction was by Jacek Rotmil.
Marie's Soldier is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Xenia Desni, Harry Liedtke and Grit Haid. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios and the backlot of the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Kurt Richter. The film is based on Leo Ascher's 1913 operetta of the same name.
The Dealer from Amsterdam is a 1925 German silent film directed by Victor Janson and starring Werner Krauss, Hilde Hildebrand and Harry Hardt. It was made by the German subsidiary of the Fox Film Company.
The Morals of the Alley is a 1925 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Werner Krauss, Ernst Hofmann, and Mary Odette.
The Other Woman is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Xenia Desni, Fritz Alberti and Hildegard Imhof.
Love Is the Power of Women is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Erich Engel and Georg Bluen and starring Fern Andra, Henri Peters-Arnolds, and Fred Immler. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bernhard Schwidewski and Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
Babette Bomberling is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Xenia Desni, Karl Elzer and Ferdinand Hart.
The Champion of the World is a 1927 German silent film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Fred Solm, Xenia Desni and Olga Chekhova. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
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.
The Call of Destiny is a 1922 German silent film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni, Fritz Kortner, and Ernst Hofmann.
Madame Dares an Escapade is a 1927 German silent film directed by Hans Otto and starring Xenia Desni, Livio Pavanelli and Carmen Cartellieri. It was shot in Vienna.
A Girl of the People is a 1927 German silent historical drama film directed by Jacob and Luise Fleck and starring Xenia Desni, Harry Liedtke and Livio Pavanelli.
