The Ancestress

The Ancestress
Directed by	Jacob Fleck Luise Fleck
Screenplay by	Luise Fleck Jakob Fleck
Based on	Die Ahnfrau (1817), a play by Franz Grillparzer
Produced by	Anton Kolm Luise Fleck Jakob Fleck
Starring	Liane Haid Max Neufeld Karl Ehmann
Production company	Wiener Kunstfilm
Release date	November 1919 (1919-11)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Austria
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Ancestress (German: Die Ahnfrau) is a 1919 Austrian silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck ^[1] and Luise Fleck and starring Liane Haid, Max Neufeld and Karl Ehmann. ^[2] The same story had previously been shot in 1910.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Meschkan.

Cast

• Liane Haid – Tochter Berta
• Max Neufeld – Jaromir von Eschen
• Karl Ehmann – Graf Zdenko von Borotin
• Eugen Neufeld – Hauptmann
• Josef Recht – Räuber Boleslav
• Eduard Sekler – Kastellan

References

1. "The Ancestress (1919) Review". Cinema Austriaco. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
2. Parish p.245

Bibliography

• Parish, Robert. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

• The Ancestress at IMDb
• The Ancestress is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive