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Dora Brandes

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Dora Brandes
Directed byMagnus Stifter
Written byMartin Stifter, Louis Levy
StarringAsta Nielsen
CinematographyCarl Ferdinand Fischer
Production
company
Neutral-Film
Distributed byGmbH on bahlf of Saturn-Film, Berlin
Release date
  • 16 August 1916 (1916-08-16)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages

Dora Brandes is a 1916 German silent film directed by Magnus Stifter,[1] starring Asta Nielsen, with a screenplay by Martin Jørgensen, and Louis Levy.[2][3] Dora is an actress who is involved with a politician, Gustave, as her lover. With money from Dora's former admirer, she decides to help further Gustave's political career. Once he becomes a parliamentary deputy, he achieves his goals and leaves Dora. Dora cannot handle the betrayal and begins to drink and starts on a social decline. Years later, Gustave becomes a minister and Dora returns to his life to help him yet again with his career. Gustave does not accept Dora as a lover again due to her ill past, causing Dora to commit suicide.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Dora Brandes-KinoTV". KinoTV. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Dora Brandes". MUBI. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Danish Film Institute". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

Bibliography

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  • Allen, Julie K. (2013). Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80436-1.
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