Victor Varconi was a Hungarian actor who initially found success in his native country, as well as in Germany and Austria, in silent films before relocating to the United States, where he continued to appear in films throughout the sound era. Varconi also appeared in British and Italian films.
Dassanowsky is the name of the Austrian branch of the Polish noble magnate family Taczanowski which came to Vienna in 1683 and has produced notable figures in Austrian civic and cultural life. Dassanowskyweg in the 22nd District (Donaustadt) of Vienna was named in recognition of the family.
Cinema of Austria refers to the film industry based in Austria. Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century when it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and that has continued to the present day. Producer Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky, producer-director-writer Luise Kolm and the Austro-Hungarian directors Michael Curtiz and Alexander Korda were among the pioneers of early Austrian cinema. Several Austrian directors pursued careers in Weimar Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, G. W. Pabst, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, and Otto Preminger.
Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.
Count Alexander "Sascha" Joseph von Kolowrat-Krakowsky was an Austrian film producer of Bohemian-Czech descent from the House of Kolowrat. A pioneer of Austrian cinema, he founded the first major film studio Sascha-Film in Vienna.
Sodom und Gomorrha: Die Legende von Sünde und Strafe is an Austrian silent epic film from 1922. It was shot on the Laaer Berg, Vienna, as the enormous backdrops specially designed and constructed for the film were too big for the Sievering Studios of the production company, Sascha-Film, in Sievering. The film is distinguished, not so much by the strands of its often opaque plot, as by its status as the largest and most expensive film production in Austrian film history. In the creation of the film between 3,000 and 14,000 performers, extras and crew were employed.
Julius von Borsody was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods. His younger brother, Eduard von Borsody, was a film director in Austria and Germany. He is also the great-uncle of German actress Suzanne von Borsody.
Ágnes Esterházy was a Hungarian film actress who worked mainly in Austria and Germany. She appeared in 32 films between 1918 and 1943.
Avalanche is a 1923 Austrian silent drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and produced by Arnold Pressburger. The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.
Nameless is a 1923 Austrian silent drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Victor Varconi and Mary Kid. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Berger and Julius von Borsody.
Artur Semyonovich Berger was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during which time he worked on about 30 feature films. In 1936 he emigrated to the Soviet Union, where he continued to work on films until the early 1970s.
Egon von Jordan was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1974.
Gently My Songs Entreat is a 1933 Austrian-German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Marta Eggerth, Luise Ullrich and Hans Jaray. Art direction was by Julius von Borsody. The film is a biopic of the composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828). It was Forst's directorial debut. A British version was made called Unfinished Symphony. The German title refers to the first line of the Lied "Ständchen" (Serenade) from Schubert's collection Schwanengesang, "the most famous serenade in the world", which Eggerth performs in the film.
The Mine Foreman is a 1952 Austrian historical musical film directed by Franz Antel and starring Hans Holt, Josefin Kipper and Wolf Albach-Retty. The film is an operetta film, which is based on the libretto of the 1894 operetta of the same title by Ludwig Held and Moritz West. It is set in the reign of Ludwig I of Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by Isabella and Werner Schlichting.
Scandal in Bad Ischl is a 1957 Austrian historical comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring O.W. Fischer, Elisabeth Müller and Ivan Desny. The film takes place in 1910 in the spa town of Bad Ischl.
Sievering Studios were film production studios located in Sievering, a suburb of the Austrian capital Vienna.
Her Highness Dances the Waltz is a 1935 musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Irén Ágay, André Mattoni and Hans Homma. The operetta film is based on the 1912 operetta Hoheit tanzt Walzer by Leo Ascher (music) and Alfred Grünwald (libretto). It was made as an at the Barrandov Studios in Prague. It is one of the few Czech productions that was not made in Czech. The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Berger. A French version Valse éternelle was released in 1936.
Wedding in the Hay is a 1951 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Oskar Sima, Inge Egger and Kurt Seifert.
Young Medardus is a historical drama in a prelude and five acts by Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 24 November 1910, where it was directed by Hugo Thimig It tells the tale of Medardus, a flawed hero in the Shakespearean sense, who directs his final heroic deed against himself and perishes.
