Sybil Smolova was a Czech-Austrian

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire ...

and

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

.Mitry p.500

Selected filmography

* ''

Werner Krafft ''Werner Krafft'' is a 1916 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich Carl August Hugo Froelich (5 September 1875 – 12 February 1953) was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin. Biography Apparatus ...

'' (1916) * ''

Children of Darkness ''Children of Darkness'' is a 1983 American documentary film on PBS produced by Ara Chekmayan and Richard Kotuk. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It is about mentally ill and emotionally troubled children and ...

'' (1921) * '' Gott, Mensch und Teufel'' (1924) * ''

Anna and Elizabeth ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (german: Anna und Elisabeth) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele and Mathias Wieman. The film reunited Wieck and Thiele who had starred in ''Mädchen in Uniform'' ...

'' (1933)

References

Bibliography

* Jean Mitry. ''Histoire du cinéma: 1915-1925''. Éditions universitaires, 1995.

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* 1900 births Year of death unknown Austrian film actresses Austrian silent film actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses Czech film actresses Czech silent film actresses 20th-century Czech actresses Actresses from Prague {{Austria-bio-stub