Mathilde Sussin

The Saint and Her Fool (1928)

Agnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold hundreds of thousands of copies before being adapted into this tale of timeless passion, the beautiful The Saint and the Fool. The unapologetically sentimental classic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  William Dieterle  •  Lien Deyers  •  Gina Manès  •  Sophie Pagay

Agnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold hundreds of thousands of copies before being adapted into this tale of timeless passion, the beautiful The Saint and the Fool. The unapologetically sentimental classic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  William Dieterle  •  Lien Deyers  •  Gina Manès  •  Sophie Pagay

Die berühmte Frau (1927)

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DIRECTION:  Robert Wiene
CAST:  Lili Damita  •  Fred Solm  •  Warwick Ward  •  Lissy Arna

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DIRECTION:  Robert Wiene
CAST:  Lili Damita  •  Fred Solm  •  Warwick Ward  •  Lissy Arna

Refuge (1928)

After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and had to leave the country as a result. Impoverished and lonely, he struggles on alone until the market saleswoman Hanne offers him shelter, although she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Froelich
CAST:  Henny Porten  •  Max Maximilian  •  Margarete Kupfer  •  Alice Hechy

After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and had to leave the country as a result. Impoverished and lonely, he struggles on alone until the market saleswoman Hanne offers him shelter, although she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Froelich
CAST:  Henny Porten  •  Max Maximilian  •  Margarete Kupfer  •  Alice Hechy

The Waltz Dream (1926)

Austrian actress Mady Christians stars alongside German matinee idol Willy Fritsch in this adaptation of the Oscar Straus operetta about a Prince who, after falling for a Viennese girl, becomes obsessed with the city and its customs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ludwig Berger
CAST:  Willy Fritsch  •  Mady Christians  •  Xenia Desni  •  Lydia Potechina

Austrian actress Mady Christians stars alongside German matinee idol Willy Fritsch in this adaptation of the Oscar Straus operetta about a Prince who, after falling for a Viennese girl, becomes obsessed with the city and its customs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ludwig Berger
CAST:  Willy Fritsch  •  Mady Christians  •  Xenia Desni  •  Lydia Potechina

The Black Tulip Festival (1920)

Based on the novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Muhsin Ertuğrul  •  Marie Luise Droop
CAST:  Theodor Becker  •  Friedrich Berger  •  Carl de Vogt  •  Tronier Funder

Based on the novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Muhsin Ertuğrul  •  Marie Luise Droop
CAST:  Theodor Becker  •  Friedrich Berger  •  Carl de Vogt  •  Tronier Funder

Die Buddenbrooks (1923)

Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also Gerhard Lamprecht’s first major film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerhard Lamprecht
CAST:  Peter Esser  •  Mady Christians  •  Alfred Abel  •  Hildegard Imhoff

Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also Gerhard Lamprecht’s first major film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerhard Lamprecht
CAST:  Peter Esser  •  Mady Christians  •  Alfred Abel  •  Hildegard Imhoff

Spring Awakening (1929)

Moritz Stiefel faces expulsion due to poor marks. When he is caught with an essay titled “Shame and Lust”, he is indeed kicked out – instead of classmate Melchior Gabor, who actually penned it. Gabor was drawing on his experiences with neighbourhood girl Wendla. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Oswald
CAST:  Toni van Eyck  •  Ita Rina  •  Carl Ballhaus  •  Rolf von Goth

Moritz Stiefel faces expulsion due to poor marks. When he is caught with an essay titled “Shame and Lust”, he is indeed kicked out – instead of classmate Melchior Gabor, who actually penned it. Gabor was drawing on his experiences with neighbourhood girl Wendla. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Oswald
CAST:  Toni van Eyck  •  Ita Rina  •  Carl Ballhaus  •  Rolf von Goth

Die vierte von rechts (1929)

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DIRECTION:  Conrad Wiene
CAST:  Betty Bird  •  Mathilde Sussin  •  Ossi Oswalda  •  Arthur Pusey

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DIRECTION:  Conrad Wiene
CAST:  Betty Bird  •  Mathilde Sussin  •  Ossi Oswalda  •  Arthur Pusey

Der Letzte eines alten Geschlechtes (1916)

A beautiful young innkeeper sets her sights on marrying a count.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emil Justitz
CAST:  Maria Carmi  •  Marius Marion  •  Mathilde Sussin

A beautiful young innkeeper sets her sights on marrying a count.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emil Justitz
CAST:  Maria Carmi  •  Marius Marion  •  Mathilde Sussin

The Ghost With the Deadly Kiss (1922)

The good citizens of a small Austrian town are all aquiver; the schoolmaster has published a brochure in which can be read, black on white, the story of the 'dead guest,' in whose embrace the town's prospective brides found death. But worst of all, the writer of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Wendt
CAST:  Bruno Decarli  •  Margot von Hardt  •  Heinrich Marlow  •  Eva Brock

The good citizens of a small Austrian town are all aquiver; the schoolmaster has published a brochure in which can be read, black on white, the story of the 'dead guest,' in whose embrace the town's prospective brides found death. But worst of all, the writer of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Wendt
CAST:  Bruno Decarli  •  Margot von Hardt  •  Heinrich Marlow  •  Eva Brock

A Tango for You (1930)

Jimmy Bolt, a singer and dancer (and occasionally as a waiter) works at a varieté. The man may be talented, but he’s not exactly a big success, and things get complicated when a young orphan girl falls in love with the voice of another singer but then mistakes Bolt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Géza von Bolváry
CAST:  Willi Forst  •  Oskar Karlweis  •  Fee Malten  •  Paul Otto

Jimmy Bolt, a singer and dancer (and occasionally as a waiter) works at a varieté. The man may be talented, but he’s not exactly a big success, and things get complicated when a young orphan girl falls in love with the voice of another singer but then mistakes Bolt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Géza von Bolváry
CAST:  Willi Forst  •  Oskar Karlweis  •  Fee Malten  •  Paul Otto