Dora Brandes

1916 film

  • 16 August 1916 (1916-08-16)
Running time
85 minutesCountryGermanyLanguages
  • Silent
  • German intertitles

Dora Brandes is a 1916 German silent film directed by Magnus Stifter,[1] starring Asta Nielsen, with a screenplay by Martin Jørgensen, and Louis Levy.[2][3] Dora is an actress who is involved with a politician, Gustave, as her lover. With money from Dora's former admirer, she decides to help further Gustave's political career. Once he becomes a parliamentary deputy, he achieves his goals and leaves Dora. Dora cannot handle the betrayal and begins to drink and starts on a social decline. Years later, Gustave becomes a minister and Dora returns to his life to help him yet again with his career. Gustave does not accept Dora as a lover again due to her ill past, causing Dora to commit suicide.

Cast

  • Asta Nielsen as Dora Brandes
  • Ludwig Trautmann as Gustav Calvia, journalist
  • Max Laurance as Grev d'Albert, politiker[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Dora Brandes-KinoTV". KinoTV. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Dora Brandes". MUBI. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Danish Film Institute". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

Bibliography

  • Allen, Julie K. (2013). Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80436-1.
  • Dora Brandes at IMDb


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