Camilla Horn

Camilla Horn

Born: April 25, 1903
Died: August 14, 1996
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The daughter of a railroad official, Camilla Horn was educated in Germany and Switzerland. She initially trained as a dressmaker and received her first job experience in a fashion salon in Erfurt. This was merely a stepping stone for a performing career which began with dance lessons in Berlin and subsequent acting studies under Lucie Höflich. The lithe, blond and strikingly beautiful Camilla soon appeared in cabaret revues staged by Rudolf Nelson. By 1926, she was employed as an extra at Ufa, where she was spotted by the director F.W. Murnau, who found in her the ideal representation of Gretchen for his seminal production of Fausto (1926) . The role catapulted Camilla to instant stardom. Within a year, she was signed by United Artists in Hollywood, befriending Charles Chaplin and, more importantly, studio chairman Joseph M. Schenck. The friendship with Schenck may, or may not, have led to an affair -- depending on which story one is to believe -- but it did result in two high profile starring roles opposite John Barrymore in the torrid melodramas Tempestad (1928) and Amor eterno (1929), both produced by Schenck. Neither film was a commercial success.

With the coming of sound, Camilla returned to Europe, briefly appearing on stage in London and Paris, before resuming her screen career in Germany. As the 1930's went on, she rarely turned down a role, playing anything from baronesses and fashion models, to vamps and 'fallen women'. The quality of her films was variable, but there were several noteworthy standouts, such as Hans in allen Gassen (1930) (opposite Hans Albers), Fiesta en palacio (1934) and Payasos (1938) (as a circus artiste, again with Albers).

During this tumultuous decade, Camilla conducted a lengthy affair with the singer Louis Graveure, fifteen years her senior. This came to an end in 1938, when Graveure was suspected of espionage by the Gestapo and fled to England, via the Cote d'Azure. After her luxury villa in Berlin was ransacked in search for non-existent clues, Camilla's outspoken criticism of the Nazi regime reached a point where it got her into serious trouble. She saw out the first half of her career with a trio of long forgotten films made in Italy. Having failed in an attempt to flee to Switzerland, she kept a low profile and even tried her hand at farming. After the war, she had a stint as an interpreter for the occupying U.S. forces in Germany. Camilla made a successful return to the stage in a 1948 Frankfurt production of Jean Cocteau's "L'Aigle a Deux Tetes" (aka 'The Eagle Has Two Heads'). She spent the latter half of her acting career playing grand dames, matriarchs and worldly ladies with colourful backgrounds, in both films and on television. In 1974, she was awarded the 'Filmband in Gold' (also known as 'Lola') for lifetime achievement in the German film industry. In her 1985 autobiography, "Verliebt in die Liebe" ('In Love with Love'), she happily recounted her marriages and liaisons.

Movies for Camilla Horn...

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Title: Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Character: Herself / Gretchen (archive footage)
Released: November 26, 2002
Type: Movie
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Wenn ich sonntags in mein Kino geh'...
Title: Wenn ich sonntags in mein Kino geh'...
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 1992
Type: Movie
A documentary about the 75th birhday of the UFA film studios directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
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Spiders
Title: Spiders
Released: August 23, 1989
Type: Movie
Péter begins to correspond with the unknown Ági living in Munich while he is spending his military service. After the service he goes to Munich and at the address given by Ági he finds four nice old women who put him up. He cannot find Ági, however.
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Schloß Königswald
Title: Schloß Königswald
Character: Fürstin Großmutter
Released: January 14, 1988
Type: Movie
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Der Unsichtbare
Title: Der Unsichtbare
Character: Olga Benjamin
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
TV star Benjamin inherits from his uncle a cloak of invisibility. Invisible he must discover that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and asks her in front of the television camera, it does not do to. A journalist on the hunt for a story, adds to the confusion.
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Title: The Black Forest Clinic
Character: Dr. Rens′ Mutter
Released: October 22, 1985
Type: TV
The Black Forest Clinic is a German language medical drama television series that was produced by and filmed in West Germany. The series was produced between 1984 and 1988 with the original airing being from October 2, 1985 to March 25, 1989 on West Germany's ZDF television channel. The series' storyline follows the inner workings of a small fictional hospital in the Black Forest region of Germany as well as the lives of the Brinkmann family of doctors who work at the hospital. Shortly after broadcasting had begun in 1985, The Black Forest Clinic became a highly popular television event, reaching audiences of over 20 million viewers. 25 years since its debut, it is still highly regarded in Germany. The series had been re-broadcast several times since 1985 and has spawned two television films released 20 years after its initial airing.
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Title: Unheimliche Geschichten
Released: April 5, 1982
Type: TV
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Frankies Braut
Title: Frankies Braut
Character: Frau von Kieblitz
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Title: Bayerischer Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Immer bei Vollmond
Title: Immer bei Vollmond
Character: Wegelin's Mother
Released: March 13, 1970
Type: Movie
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He's at It Again
Title: He's at It Again
Character: Paula
Released: January 30, 1970
Type: Movie
A comedy directed by Rudolf Lubowski.
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Title: Gestern gelesen
Character: Frau von Marwitz
Released: June 6, 1969
Type: TV
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Appointment in Beirut
Title: Appointment in Beirut
Character: Evelyn Brown
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: Movie
When an international casino crime ring is planning a big score at a fixed roulette game, the casino police enlists the help of Jeff Miller, an alcoholic croupier, to nab the bad guys. Jeff is attracted to Laura, a singer at the casino, but she prefers the company of the leader of the thieving casino ring.
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Title: Dreizehn Briefe
Character: Frau Neumann
Released: March 10, 1967
Type: TV
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Die Erbin
Title: Die Erbin
Character: Elizabeth Almond
Released: July 9, 1958
Type: Movie
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Vati macht Dummheiten
Title: Vati macht Dummheiten
Character: Baronin von Baran
Released: December 2, 1953
Type: Movie
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Königin der Arena
Title: Königin der Arena
Character: Diana Bianca, Dompteuse
Released: December 19, 1952
Type: Movie
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV
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Gesucht wird Majora
Title: Gesucht wird Majora
Character: Gritt Faller
Released: September 2, 1949
Type: Movie
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Intimitäten
Title: Intimitäten
Character: Helene
Released: February 3, 1948
Type: Movie
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Seine beste Rolle
Title: Seine beste Rolle
Character: Elise Sander
Released: January 20, 1944
Type: Movie
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Broken Love
Title: Broken Love
Character: Corinna Dellys, l'amante di Alberto
Released: March 10, 1942
Type: Movie
The well off daughter of a tenor breaks up a romance with a helpful youth from a misunderstanding. But she continues to cover him with his gambling debts despite her delicate health.
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Friedemann Bach
Title: Friedemann Bach
Character: Mariella Fiorini
Released: June 25, 1941
Type: Movie
During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just given up his position in Dresden because he no longer could endure the reprisals of his superiors.
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Die keusche Geliebte
Title: Die keusche Geliebte
Character: Renée Lemonier
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
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Die letzte Runde
Title: Die letzte Runde
Character: Lilly
Released: November 20, 1940
Type: Movie
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Herz ohne Heimat
Title: Herz ohne Heimat
Character: Dina Horster
Released: August 6, 1940
Type: Movie
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Polterabend
Title: Polterabend
Character: Lissi
Released: March 21, 1940
Type: Movie
Rudi, who’s been quite the ladies’ man, finally wants to settle down and marry Hilde. So as to not get into a touchy situation with all his many women, he plans to bring them all together the night before his wedding. While sitting alone in his apartment and burning all his old photos and love letters, he notices a woman in the garden. She assets, that she’s hiding from a stubborn admirer and he stupidly offers her to come in … and then it all begins! First, his wife-to-be Hilde shows up, who wants to spend the night before their wedding together. While Rudi tries to hide the unknown woman in his bedroom, a hotel detective shows up and claims he’s following a thief.
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Zentrale Rio
Title: Zentrale Rio
Character: Diane Mercier
Released: October 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Maria Halmborg is a widow. Her husband Erik - missing for years - is considered dead. Suddenly she learns that her husband allegedly lives in Rio and sets out on the journey to clarify the matter.
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Roman eines Arztes
Title: Roman eines Arztes
Character: Käthe Üding - seine Frau
Released: September 14, 1939
Type: Movie
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In geheimer Mission
Title: In geheimer Mission
Character: Marion
Released: December 16, 1938
Type: Movie
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Fahrendes Volk
Title: Fahrendes Volk
Character: Pepita, Kunstreiterin
Released: December 15, 1938
Type: Movie
Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son, now grown up, Marcel is an art rider and does not know that Fernand is his father. Marcel loves Yvonne, the daughter of director Barlay. He is against the connection, sends his daughter to Italy and convinces Marcel that Yvonne does not return his feelings.
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Rote Orchideen
Title: Rote Orchideen
Character: Gräfin Ogolenska
Released: September 7, 1938
Type: Movie
In a made-up country somewhere in northern Europe: In the armaments factory F.N.G., an important drawing is copied and passed on to the enemy. Suspicion falls on the chief engineer Alexander Nica and his assistant Laurenz. Both are placed before the court; accused by the night watchman Bruns; and sentenced to death for industrial espionage. Before sentencing, however, Nica succeeds in getting away. Now he’s trying to find proof to convince the court of his and Laurenz’ innocence.
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Crooks in Tails
Title: Crooks in Tails
Character: Vera Dalmatoff
Released: August 25, 1937
Type: Movie
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Sein letztes Modell
Title: Sein letztes Modell
Character: Maria Várady
Released: April 23, 1937
Type: Movie
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White Slaves
Title: White Slaves
Character: Manja - seine Tochter
Released: January 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are thirsty for women and celebration. The ship becomes a dancehall. Bloodbath, pillage and kidnapping follows. A Nazi/Germany propaganda film.
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The Red Rider
Title: The Red Rider
Character: Hasia Nowrowska
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
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Ich sehne mich nach dir
Title: Ich sehne mich nach dir
Character: Ivonne Brandt
Released: December 20, 1934
Type: Movie
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Der letzte Walzer
Title: Der letzte Walzer
Character: Vera
Released: November 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Film by Jacoby.
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A Waltz for You
Title: A Waltz for You
Character: Fürstin Stefanie
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
Ruritanian power struggle with opera singing.
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The Luck of a Sailor
Title: The Luck of a Sailor
Character: Louise
Released: April 26, 1934
Type: Movie
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
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Die große Chance
Title: Die große Chance
Character: Helga
Released: March 30, 1934
Type: Movie
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Der Doppelgänger
Title: Der Doppelgänger
Character: Jenny Miller
Released: February 1, 1934
Type: Movie
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If I Were King
Title: If I Were King
Character: Inge Winkler
Released: January 9, 1934
Type: Movie
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Racoczy-Marsch
Title: Racoczy-Marsch
Character: Vilma
Released: December 15, 1933
Type: Movie
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Money Governs the World
Title: Money Governs the World
Character: Lilly
Released: October 13, 1933
Type: Movie
In this French set comedy, five million francs change hands one weekend between a man pretending to be a millionaire and a woman pretending to be a Russian countess.
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Matinee Idol
Title: Matinee Idol
Character: Sonia Vance
Released: August 29, 1933
Type: Movie
A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.
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The Love Nest
Title: The Love Nest
Character: Fifi
Released: July 1, 1933
Type: Movie
On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond.
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Moral und Liebe
Title: Moral und Liebe
Character: Vera
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Film by Georg Jacoby.
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The Return of Raffles
Title: The Return of Raffles
Character: Elga
Released: September 27, 1932
Type: Movie
A British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham
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The Cheeky Devil
Title: The Cheeky Devil
Character: Alice Ménard
Released: April 28, 1932
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a French comedy, set in Paris, in which a lecherous man sets his sights on a beautiful married woman, whose husband is otherwise distracted.
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The Five Accursed Gentlemen
Title: The Five Accursed Gentlemen
Character: Camilla
Released: March 23, 1932
Type: Movie
European tourists on holiday in Morocco are threatened by a native sorcerer who predicts five of them will die, one by one, before the full moon.
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The Night Without Pause
Title: The Night Without Pause
Character: Letta Larbo
Released: December 22, 1931
Type: Movie
When Julius Seipold's wife Regine becomes suspicious that he is having an affair after discovering incriminating evidence, Julius manages to convince her that it is his innocuous assistant Max who is having a relationship.
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Frivolous youth
Title: Frivolous youth
Released: July 18, 1931
Type: Movie
Lydia is a spoiled young woman who thinks she can get anything for money. One day she causes an accident in which a motorcyclist is killed. At the trial she meets prosecutor Dan O'Bannon. She is sentenced to prison for manslaughter.
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I Go Out and You Stay Here
Title: I Go Out and You Stay Here
Character: Gaby
Released: April 9, 1931
Type: Movie
Weimar era screwball comedy about a floor model who is required to go out evenings to escort VIPs while her boyfriend has to wait at home.
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The Song of the Nations
Title: The Song of the Nations
Released: March 17, 1931
Type: Movie
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Sunday of Life
Title: Sunday of Life
Character: Ellen Hobart
Released: January 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Ellen Hobart is a gold-digging manicurist who sights her sights on David Stone, a wealthy young man. After they marry, Hobart is persuaded to accept $50,000 to give her husband up. She willingly goes along with this arrangement, only to realize she's genuinely in love with the boy when he falls dangerously ill. German-language version of the American pre-code film The Devil's Holiday.
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Hans in Every Street
Title: Hans in Every Street
Character: Elisabeth, the Bride
Released: December 23, 1930
Type: Movie
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The Great Longing
Title: The Great Longing
Character: Eva von Loe
Released: August 24, 1930
Type: Movie
During lunch break at the movie studio, the extras rush to the canteen Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Maria Paudler and Luis Trenker are chatting. Eva von Loe a beautiful young extra rushes past; she is looking for her fiancé, Paul Wessel, who is also an extra. She has to return to the set where the famous director Regisseur Hall is shooting a scen. He is dissatisfied with his star, Carla Marventa, who is wrong for the scene he must photograph. Hall notices Eva, but laughs at her desire to replace Marventa. At that moment Conrad Veidt comes on the scene and assumes that Eva is the star.
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Morals at Midnight
Title: Morals at Midnight
Character: Nelly Wendt
Released: June 20, 1930
Type: Movie
Berlin, the center of pleasures and kingdom of small virtues. From all over Germany, young night owls come to burn themselves cheerfully in its lights, to drown in its champagne and fill its boxes and restaurants until dawn.
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Fundvogel
Title: Fundvogel
Character: Andrea
Released: May 19, 1930
Type: Movie
Young Jan Bergwall visits his grandmother, the so-called centenary, at Woyland Castle. There he meets his cousin Andrea, who everyone calls "Fundvogel". Jan is fascinated by the young girl's beauty, and soon there is an erotic tension in the air between the two. Although they both have strong feelings for each other, they are afraid to make a commitment, even though their domineering grandmother is determined that they marry. Panicked that he might feel obliged to marry Andrea, Jan escapes from this place. Andrea is deeply disappointed and seeks revenge. Out of spite, she becomes involved with the falconer Bartel and is later raped in a wooden hut. The centigress, concerned about morals and customs, then sends Fundvogel to a convent. She escapes from there and flees into the arms of Jan. When he learns from a letter from the countess what has happened to Andrea, he leaves her a second time. In her despair, Fundvogel then throws herself off a bridge into the floods with suicidal intent.
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Mein Herz gehört Dir...
Title: Mein Herz gehört Dir...
Character: Diane D'Artois
Released: February 23, 1930
Type: Movie
German drama
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Die Königsloge
Title: Die Königsloge
Character: Alice Doren
Released: November 21, 1929
Type: Movie
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Three Around Edith
Title: Three Around Edith
Character: Lady Edith Trent
Released: November 12, 1929
Type: Movie
Notorious jewel thief Roger "Tiger" Brown sneaks into the trust of diamond dealer Thomas Morland. Not only does Morland's jewels appeal to him, but also his fiancée, Lady Edith Trent. But when Morland acquires the largest diamond in the world in Amsterdam, Brown decides against Edith and for the diamond, takes it and runs away.
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Eternal Love
Title: Eternal Love
Character: Ciglia
Released: May 11, 1929
Type: Movie
In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.
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Tempest
Title: Tempest
Character: Princess Tamara
Released: May 27, 1928
Type: Movie
In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.
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Der fröhliche Weinberg
Title: Der fröhliche Weinberg
Character: Clärchen Gunderloch
Released: December 20, 1927
Type: Movie
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Eva and the Grasshopper
Title: Eva and the Grasshopper
Character: Camille de Saxe
Released: June 10, 1927
Type: Movie
Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love with the seductive Eva, who is busy becoming a revue star. When Eva fails and loses her money, Armand tries to help her out.
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The Bordellos of Algiers
Title: The Bordellos of Algiers
Character: Adrienne Brisson
Released: May 10, 1927
Type: Movie
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Madame Wants No Children
Title: Madame Wants No Children
Released: December 14, 1926
Type: Movie
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Faust
Title: Faust
Character: Gretchen Marguerite
Released: October 13, 1926
Type: Movie
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.
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Tartuffe
Title: Tartuffe
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.
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Ways to Strength and Beauty
Title: Ways to Strength and Beauty
Released: March 16, 1925
Type: Movie
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.