Fräulein Else (1929)
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.
Director: Paul Czinner
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Elisabeth Bergner as Else Thalhof |
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Albert Bassermann as Dr. Alfred Thalhof |
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Albert Steinrück as Von Dorsday |
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Adele Sandrock as Tante Emma |
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Else Heller as Dr. Thalhofs Frau |
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Jack Trevor as Paul |
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Paul Morgan as |
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Ellen Plessow as |
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Irmgard Bern as |
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Antonie Jaeckel as |
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Gertrud de Lalsky as |
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Toni Tetzlaff as |
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Jaro Fürth as |
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Carl Goetz as |
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Alexander Murski as |
| Directing | Paul Czinner | Director |
| Writing | Arthur Schnitzler | Novel |
| Writing | Paul Czinner | Writer |
| Writing | Carl Mayer | Writer |
| Art | Erich Kettelhut | Art Direction |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Production | Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Adolf Schlasy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Robert Baberske | Director of Photography |