Lya Mara was a Polish actress. She was one of the biggest stars of the German silent cinema.
Frederic Zelnik was an Austrian producer, director, and actor. He was one of the most important producers-directors of the German silent cinema. Zelnik achieved success through period operetta films in the 1920s and 1930s.
Die Försterchristl is an operetta in three acts by Georg Jarno to a libretto by Bernhard Buchbinder. It premiered on 17 December 1907 at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Three years later, its English version by librettist Leonard Liebling had a run of 64 performances at Broadway's Herald Square Theatre in 1910/11 under the title The Girl and the Kaiser. The work is known in English as The Girl and the Kaiser, The Bohemian Dancer, The Forester's Daughter and in French as La petite amie de sa majesté and Christelle et l'empereur.
Count Varenne's Lover is a 1921 German silent comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Josef Commer, and Johannes Riemann. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin on 3 March 1921.
The Girl from Capri is a 1924 German silent comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Ulrich Bettac and Robert Scholz. It premiered in Berlin on 10 July 1924.
The Man Without Sleep is a 1926 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Harry Liedtke, Maly Delschaft, and Fritz Kampers. It premiered in Berlin on 12 February 1926. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody.
The Blue Danube is a 1926 German silent romance film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Harry Liedtke, Lya Mara and Hans Junkermann. The film has been described as a paean to Austria. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew and Jacek Rotmil who designed the sets.
A Woman for 24 Hours is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Lotte Neumann, Harry Liedtke and Kurt Vespermann.
Countess Maritza is a 1925 German silent film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Vivian Gibson, Harry Liedtke and Colette Brettel. It is an adaptation of the operetta of the same title.
By Order of Pompadour is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Alwin Neuß, Lya Mara, and Frida Richard.
Youth of the Big City is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Harry Liedtke, Ida Wüst and Maria Paudler.
The Marriage Nest is a 1927 German silent film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Livio Pavanelli, Harry Liedtke, and Wolfgang Zilzer.
Fadette is a 1926 German silent historical film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Yvette Guilbert and Eugen Klöpfer.
Sword and Shield is a 1926 German silent historical romance film directed by Victor Janson and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Mady Christians, William Dieterle and Albert Steinrück. It is in the Prussian films tradition.
The Violet Eater is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lil Dagover, Harry Liedtke and Ernö Verebes. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Germany's capital.
The Gypsy Baron is a 1927 German silent adventure film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Michael Bohnen, and William Dieterle. It is based on the storyline of the operetta The Gypsy Baron.
Tania, the Woman in Chains is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Friedrich Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz, and Heinrich Peer.
The Marriage of Princess Demidoff is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Charles Willy Kayser, and Olga Limburg. It premiered at the Marmorhaus cinema in Berlin.
Insulted and Humiliated is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz and Ralph Arthur Roberts. It is an adaptation of the 1861 novel Humiliated and Insulted by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
Daisy: The Adventures of a Lady is a 1923 German silent romantic drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Alfons Fryland, and Hans Schüren. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
