Elisabeth Bergner was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in Escape Me Never, a play written for her by Margaret Kennedy. She played Gemma, first in London and then in the Broadway debut, and in a film version for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1943, Bergner returned to Broadway in the play The Two Mrs. Carrolls, for which she won the Distinguished Performance Medal from the Drama League.
Night and No Morning is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Hans Mierendorff and Hanni Weisse. It premiered in Berlin on 17 August 1921.
The Fiddler of Florence is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Conrad Veidt, and Nora Gregor. The film was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin and on location around Lake Lugano in Italy. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. It reunited Bergner and Veidt who had starred together in the successful Husbands or Lovers, also directed by Czinner.
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.
His Late Excellency is a 1935 German historical comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Arthur Schroder, Rose Vollborn, and Hansjoachim Büttner. Following the death of the ruler of a German principality in the nineteenth century, intrigue breaks out in the struggle to succeed him.
Three Waiting Maids is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hanni Weisse, Maly Delschaft, and Bruno Kastner. It was remade in 1932 as Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters and the 1933 Swedish film Marriageable Daughters.
Hanni Weisse was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942.
Nanon is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Agnes Esterhazy, Harry Liedtke, and Hanni Weisse. It is based on the operetta Nanon by Richard Genée with a libretto by F Zell. The film's sets were designed by the Hungarian art director Stefan Lhotka. The film was remade in 1938 as a sound film of the same name.
The False Dimitri is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Abel, Agnes Straub and Eugen Klöpfer. Set in early seventeenth century Russia it portrays the rise of False Dmitriy I during the Time of Troubles.
The Elegant Bunch is a 1925 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Mary Odette, and Ralph Arthur Roberts.
The Lion of Venice is a 1924 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Olaf Fjord, Grete Reinwald and Hanni Weisse.
Lace is a 1926 German silent crime film directed by Holger-Madsen and starring Olaf Fønss, Elisabeth Pinajeff, and Evelyn Holt.
The Blood is a 1922 German silent film directed by Paul Legband.
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.
When the Young Wine Blossoms is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Robert Scholz, Egon von Jordan and Lotte Lorring. It was based on a play by the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. It was subsequently remade as a sound film of the same title in 1943.
The Graveyard of the Living is a 1921 German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Guido Herzfeld and Hanni Weisse.
World by the Throat is a 1920 German silent crime film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Max Landa, Hanni Weisse and Ernst Rückert.
The Game with Women is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Adolf E. Licho and starring Hanni Weisse, Georg Alexander, and Lotte Neumann.
The Passenger in Compartment Seven is a 1922 German silent film directed by Willy Zeyn and starring Max Landa and Hanni Weisse.
Murder Without Cause is a 1921 German silent crime film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Hermann Vallentin, Paul Richter and Hanni Weisse.
