Frau Eva

1916 German silent drama film
  • February 1916 (1916-02)
CountryGermanyLanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Frau Eva is a 1916 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Erna Morena, Emil Jannings and Theodor Loos. It was based on the 1874 novel Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet. The film was Jannings' first starring role, his previous appearance having been as an extra in Im Schützengraben.[1]

Plot

An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.[2]

Cast

  • Erna Morena - Eva
  • Emil Jannings
  • Theodor Loos
  • Margarete Kupfer
  • Alexander Antalffy

References

  1. ^ Jung & Schatzberg p.195
  2. ^ Jung & Schatzberg p.40

Bibliography

  • Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

  • Frau Eva at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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