''Dancing Mad'' (German: ''Der Tänzer meiner Frau'') is a 1925 German silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)

and starring

Victor Varconi Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi; March 31, 1891 – June 6, 1976) was a Hungarian actor who initially found success in his native country, as well as in Germany and Austria, in silent films, before relocating to the United States, where ...

, María Corda and

Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch (Wilhelm Egon Fritz, 27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theatre and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s. Biography Early life He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz ...

. It based on the French play ''Le Danseur de Madame'' by Paul Armont and Jacques Bousquet. A free-spirited young wife flirts with an old flame, before finally settling down in her marriage.

Cast

as Edmund Chauvelin * María Corda as Lucille Chauvelin *

as Max de Sillery *

Livio Pavanelli Livio Cesare Pavanelli (7 September 1881 – 29 April 1958) was an Italian film actor. Pavanelli was born in Copparo, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and died in Rome in 1958 at age 76. Selected filmography * ''Mariute'' (1918) *''Fabiola (1918 ...

as Claude Gerson *Lea Seidl as Mad. Ivonne Trieux * Hans Junkermann as prima dancer * Hermann Thimig as Der Diener *

Olga Limburg Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...

as the maid *

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however, Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

as dancing extra *Alexander Choura as dancing extra * John Loder as dancing extra

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* 1925 comedy films Silent German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German films based on plays Films directed by Alexander Korda Films set in Paris UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language comedy films {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub