A Woman of No Importance (1936)
Sylvia, the daughter of the pastor Kelvil, is lectrice to Lady Patricia and gets to know the young Lord Harford. They love one another, but their class differences forbid marriage. There's a sharp argument with the father, who afterwards wants to send the young lord abroad. Then Sylvia is offered money to disappear, unaware that she's already pregnant. 18 years later: Sylvia raised her son on her own as best she could. He is now known as Lord Harford, who, besides having the title Lord Illingworth, also has inherited his father's total estate and has now returned from India. Unaware of their identities, the father and son get to know one another; get into a fight; and the young man challenges the father to a duel. In order to prevent that from happening, the mother must now tell each of them the truth about their identities. The film is based on the theatre piece of the same name by Oscar Wilde.
Director: Hans Steinhoff
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Gustaf Gründgens as Lord George Illingworth |
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Marianne Hoppe as Hester |
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Käthe Dorsch as Sylvia Kelvil |
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Paul Henckels as Lord Hunstaton |
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Käthe Haack as Lady Hunstaton |
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Friedrich Kayssler as Pfarrer Kelvil |
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Hans Leibelt as Lord Illingworth sen. |
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Genia Nikolaieva as Mrs. Allonwy |
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Julia Serda as Lady Patricia |
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Annemarie Steinsieck as Lady Caroline |
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Friedl Haerlin as Lady Stutfield |
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Albert Florath as Lord Caverstam |
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Hans Junkermann as Lord Pontefreat |
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S.O. Schoening as Erzdiakon Daubeney |
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Heinrich Marlow as Lord Ashley |
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Hugo Werner-Kahle as Butler Wilkins |
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Wolf Trutz as Clubdiener Ward |
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Philipp Manning as Diener Parker |
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Eduard Bornträger as Archer |
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Karl Junge-Swinburne as Lord Warfield |
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Borwin Walth as Johnson |
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Alfred Karen as Gast bei Lord Illingworth |
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Charlotte Krause-Walter as |
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Arthur Winkler as Francis |
| Directing | Hans Steinhoff | Director |
