Burgtheater
8
122 minutes
12/25/1936
Overview
In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.
Cast List
Werner Krauß
as Friedrich Mitterer
Carl Esmond
as Josef Rainer
Hortense Raky
as Leni Schindler
Olga Tschechowa
as Baroness Seebach
Hans Moser
as Souffleur Sedlmayer
Karl Günther
as Baron Seebach
Karl Skraup
as Schneidermeister Schindler
Josefine Dora
as Frau Schindler
Franz Herterich
as Direktor des Burgtheaters
Camilla Gerzhofer
as Frau von S., Gesellschaftsdame
Karl Paryla
as junger Schauspieler
Erik Frey
as Schauspieler des Burgtheaters
O.W. Fischer
as Schauspieler des Burgtheaters
Marietta Weber
as Schauspielerin
Georg Schmieter
as Opernsänger
Babette Devrient
as Fürstin
Irma Eckert
as Zofe
Rudolf Teubler
as Majordomus
Otto Hartmann
as vorsprechender Schauspieler
Maria Holst
as Fritzi
Ady Berber
as Heurigensänger
Hans Brand
as Alba in 'Don Carlos'
Julia Janssen
Karl Armbruster
Lorenz Corvinus
Charlotte Coté
Harry Nestor