Café Elektric (1927) is an Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky.[1]
Café Elektric | |
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Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
Written by | Jacques Bachrach Felix Fischer (play) |
Produced by | Count Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowski |
Starring | Marlene Dietrich Willi Forst |
Cinematography | Hans Androschin |
Music by | Gerhard Gruber |
Distributed by | Sascha-Film |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Austria |
Language | Silent |
Plot
editErni (Marlene Dietrich), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist Göttlinger (Fritz Alberti) falls for a pickpocket Fredl (Willi Forst), but Fredl prefers Hansi (Nina Vanna), a prostitute at the Café Elektric. Max (Igo Sym) who is a Göttlinger architect, loves Erni, until he discovers her relationship with Fredl. Recuperating at the Café Elektric, Max falls in love with Hansi. Göttlinger also liked Hansi, so he fired Max. Max now lives in need with reformed Hansi, but leaves her when he suspects she has returned to prostitution. At the Café Elektric Fredl stabs Hansi. Max now is a reporter who covers the story. Since Hansi is innocent, they reunite.[2]
Cast
edit- Willi Forst as Fredl
- Marlene Dietrich as Erni Göttlinger
- Fritz Alberti as Kommerzialrat Göttlinger
- Anny Coty as Göttlingers Freundin
- Igo Sym as Max Stöger, Göttlinger's architect
- Vera Salvotti as Paula
- Nina Vanna as Hansi
- Dolly Davis
- Albert Kersten as Herr. Zerner
References
edit- ^ Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781452929972.
- ^ Chandler, Charlotte (29 March 2011). Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439188446.
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