''Countess Maritza'' (German: ''Gräfin Mariza'') is a 1925 German

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized 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) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by

Hans Steinhoff Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he produced in Nazi Germany. Life and career Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a sta ...

and starring Vivian Gibson, Harry Liedtke and Colette Brettel.Grange p.209 It is an adaptation of the operetta of the same title. The film's

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was by Julius von Borsody.

Cast

* Vivian Gibson as Gräfin Maritza * Harry Liedtke as Graf Tassilo * Colette Brettel as Lisa *

Fritz Spira Fritz Spira (1 August 1881 – c. 1943) was an Austrian stage actor, stage and film actor. He appeared frequently in films during the silent film, silent and early sound film, sound eras. Spira played the role of the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef ...

as Graf von Wittenburg * Robert Garrison as Fürst Moritz Dragomir Populescu *

Ernő Verebes Ernő Verebes (born Ernst Weiss, December 6, 1902 – June 13, 1971) was a Hungarian-American actor who began his career in Hungarian silent films in 1915. During his film career he worked and lived in Hungary, Germany and in the United States. ...

as Baron Koloman Zsupan * Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein as Elvira Pranticzek *

Wilhelm Diegelmann Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor. Career Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, Wil ...

as Penizek *

Emil Heyse Emil may refer to: Literature *''Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982–1999) *''Emil i Lönneberga'', a series of children's novels by Astr ...

as Dr. Tarrasch *

Siegfried Berisch Siegfried Berisch (January 15, 1877 – October 4, 1933) was a German-Jewish actor active in the early 20th century. He was born in Boskovice, in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. Berisch was recognized for his work in theater and film, p ...

as Mendel Popper *

Carl Geppert Carl Geppert was a German actor. He was born on the 22nd of May 1883 in Austria-Hungary and died in Czechoslovakia on the 23rd of October 1937. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1919 to 1932. Selected filmography References Externa ...

as Freier

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William.
Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic
'. Scarecrow Press, 2008. .

External links

* 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Hans Steinhoff German silent feature films Films based on operettas Terra Film films German black-and-white films {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub