Lyda Salmonova

Lyda Salmonova

Birth : 1889-07-14, Prague, Czech Republic

Death : 1968-11-18

History

Lyda Salmonova was a Czech stage and film actress. She was married to the actor Paul Wegener and appeared alongside him in a number of films.

Profile

Lyda Salmonova

Movies

S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
Das Liebesnest
Monna Vanna
Maddalena Pazzi
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Beatrice
In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.
Lucrezia Borgia
Diabola, Tierbändigerin
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
The Loves of Pharaoh
Makeda
The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
Wandering Souls
Aglaia Jepantschin
Der verlorene Schatten
Based on the novella Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte by Adelbert von Chamisso.
Die Diamantenkonkurrenz
The Golem: How He Came into the World
Miriam, the Rabbi's Daughter
Suffering under the tyrannical rule of Rudolf II in 16th-century Prague, a Talmudic rabbi creates a giant warrior to protect the safety of his people. Sculpted of clay and animated by the mysterious secrets of the Cabala, the Golem was a seemingly indestructible juggernaut, performing acts of great heroism, yet equally capable of dreadful violence. When the rabbi's assistant takes control of the Golem and attempts to use him for selfish gain, the lumbering monster runs rampant, abducting the rabbi's daughter and setting fire to the ghetto.
Der Galeerensträfling
Malaria
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous.
Rübezahl's Wedding
Elfe
In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.
The Golem
This mostly lost film (please check your attic) is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble of an old synagogue in the 20th century. Brought to life by an antique dealer, the golem is used as a menial servant. Eventually falling in love with the dealer's wife, it goes on a murderous rampage when its love for her goes unanswered.
Kadra Sâfa
The Ideal Wife
The bachelor Paul lives as the only man in a household with his mother, his aunts, sisters and cousins. They are annoyed by his teasing.
The Student of Prague
Lyduschka - A Wanderer Girl
Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
Der Schatz des Abdar Rahmann
Abdar Rahman, returning from a raid upon a neighboring tribe, brings with him, Romeika, the daughter of its sheik. She is introduced into his harem but repulses all his advances till messengers from her father brings a ransom by which the freedom of the girl is affected.