Camilla Horn

Camilla Horn

Nascimento : 1903-04-25, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Morte : 1996-08-14

História

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.

Perfil

Camilla Horn

Filmes

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Herself / Gretchen (archive footage)
Wenn ich sonntags in mein Kino geh'...
Herself
A documentary about the 75th birhday of the UFA film studios directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
Spiders
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.
Schloß Königswald
Fürstin Großmutter
Der Unsichtbare
Olga Benjamin
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.
Frankies Braut
Frau von Kieblitz
Immer bei Vollmond
Wegelin's Mother
A crime movie directed by Rudolf Lubowski.
He's at It Again
Paula
A comedy directed by Rudolf Lubowski.
A Longa Noite do Enigma
Evelyn Brown
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.
Die Erbin
Elizabeth Almond
Vati macht Dummheiten
Baronin von Baran
Königin der Arena
Diana Bianca, Dompteuse
Gesucht wird Majora
Gritt Faller
Intimitäten
Helene
Seine beste Rolle
Elise Sander
Broken Love
Corinna Dellys, l'amante di Alberto
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.
Friedemann Bach
Mariella Fiorini
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.
Die keusche Geliebte
Renée Lemonier
Die letzte Runde
Lilly
Herz ohne Heimat
Dina Horster
Polterabend
Lissi
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.
Zentrale Rio
Diane Mercier
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.
Roman eines Arztes
Käthe Üding - seine Frau
In geheimer Mission
Marion
Fahrendes Volk
Pepita, Kunstreiterin
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.
Rote Orchideen
Gräfin Ogolenska
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.
Crooks in Tails
Vera Dalmatoff
Sein letztes Modell
Maria Várady
White Slaves
Manja - seine Tochter
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.
The Red Rider
Hasia Nowrowska
Ich sehne mich nach dir
Ivonne Brandt
Der letzte Walzer
Vera
Film by Jacoby.
A Waltz for You
Fürstin Stefanie
Ruritanian power struggle with opera singing.
The Luck of a Sailor
Louise
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.
Die große Chance
Helga
Der Doppelgänger
Jenny Miller
If I Were King
Inge Winkler
Racoczy-Marsch
Vilma
Money Governs the World
Lilly
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.
Matinee Idol
Sonia Vance
A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.
The Love Nest
Fifi
On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond.
Moral und Liebe
Vera
Film by Georg Jacoby.
The Return of Raffles
Elga
A British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham
The Cheeky Devil
Alice Ménard
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.
The Five Accursed Gentlemen
Camilla
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.
The Night Without Pause
Letta Larbo
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.
Frivolous youth
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.
Sunday of Life
Ellen Hobart
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.
I Go Out and You Stay Here
Gaby
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.
The Song of the Nations
Hans in Every Street
Elisabeth, the Bride
The Great Longing
Eva von Loe
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.
Morals at Midnight
Nelly Wendt
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.
Die Königsloge
Alice Doren
Three Around Edith
Lady Edith Trent
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.
Eternal Love
Ciglia
In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.
Tempest
Princess Tamara
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.
Der fröhliche Weinberg
Clärchen Gunderloch
Eva and the Grasshopper
Camille de Saxe
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.
The Bordellos of Algiers
Adrienne Brisson
Madame Wants No Children
Fausto
Gretchen Marguerite
Fausto, um velho alquimista, vê a sua cidade assolada pela peste. Com medo da morte, pena dos que sofrem e revoltado contra Deus, evoca Mefistófeles. Nesse dia, o tentador dá-lhe todos os prazeres e, deslumbrado, Fausto vende a alma em troca da juventude. Passado um tempo, todavia, apaixona-se por Marguerite e a bondade desperta novamente em si. Pode o amor vencer o próprio Diabo?
Tartufo
(uncredited)
Um jovem mostra um filme que se baseia na obra “Tartufo” de Molière ao seu avô milionário, com a intenção de expor a governanta hipócrita do velho que cobiça sua própria herança.
Tartufo
Stunt Double
Um jovem mostra um filme que se baseia na obra “Tartufo” de Molière ao seu avô milionário, com a intenção de expor a governanta hipócrita do velho que cobiça sua própria herança.
Ways to Strength and Beauty
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.