Maria Orska

Maria Orska

Birth : 1893-03-16, Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mykolaiv, Ukraine]

Death : 1930-05-16

History

Maria Orska, born Effi Rachel Blindermann, was a Russian/German stage and screen actress. Just before World War I she moved to Wien, Hamburg and Berlin in 1915. She spoke fluently German, French, Italian, Russian and Polish. In Berlin, she worked with Rudolf Bernauer in the Hebbel Theater, Max Reinhardt and was famous for her parts in theater plays by Strindberg, Wedekind and Pirandello. Maria Orska's film debut was in "Dämon und Mensch" (1915) produced by Jules Greenbaum. an important actress of the German theater and cinema in the 1920s.

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Maria Orska
Maria Orska

Movies

Die Bestie im Menschen
Die Bestie im Menschen
Jacques Lantier, the "human beast" of the title, has a hereditary madness and has several times in his life wanted to murder women. At the beginning of the story he is an engine driver, in control of his engine "La Lison". His relationship with "La Lison" is almost sexual and provides some degree of control over his mania.
Die schwarze Loo
Die schwarze Loo
Gypsy dancer Loo
About a gypsy who earns a living as a dancer in cheap barracks. Homeless, her performance is documented by a young and talented but largely unsuccessful composer. Before he dies, he leaves the gypsy dancer his artistic legacy, a previously unpublished composition. A little later, she becomes the wife of the orchestra leader, who completes the unfinished composition and wants to gain the sole glory for it.
Adamant's Last Race
Adamant's Last Race
Adamant's last race - a drama written by Paul Rosenhayn.
Dämon und Mensch
Dämon und Mensch
Lina
Philanthropist attempts to awaken the good side in criminals.