Gerda Maurus (25 August 1903 – 31 July 1968) was an Austrian actress.
She was of
Croatian
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descent and initially made her name on stage in
Vienna
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. While performing in the theatre, she was discovered by the director
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. 6 ...
during a visit to his native city. Lang cast her in the female lead in his
silent thriller film
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''
Spione'' (1928) and she appeared in a number of German films during the
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg an ...
and
Nazi eras.
Selected filmography
* ''
Spione'' (1928)
* ''
Frau im Mond'' (1929)
* ''
High Treason
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'' (1929)
* ' (1930)
* ''
The Daredevil'' (1931)
* ''
Alarm at Midnight'' (1931)
* ''
The Stranger'' (1931)
* ''
Checkmate
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'' (1931)
* ''
Death Over Shanghai
''Death Over Shanghai'' (german: Tod über Shanghai) is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gerda Maurus, Else Elster and Theodor Loos. The Chinese Ministry of Education requested that the German government have the ...
'' (1932)
* ''
The White Demon'' (1932)
* ''
Invisible Opponent'' (1933)
* ''
The Double
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'' (1934)
* ''
A Woman With Power of Attorney'' (1934)
* ''
The Cossack and the Nightingale'' (1935)
* ''
The Call of the Jungle'' (1936)
* ''
Daphne and the Diplomat'' (1937)
* ''
My Wife's Friends'' (1949)
* ''
The Little Town Will Go to Sleep
''The Little Town Will Go to Sleep'' (german: Die kleine Stadt will schlafen gehen) is a 1954 West German comedy film directed by Hans H. König and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Jester Naefe and Helen Vita.Bock & Bergfelder p.139 It shares its t ...
'' (1954)
References
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1903 births
1968 deaths
Austrian stage actresses
Austrian film actresses
Austrian silent film actresses
20th-century Austrian actresses
Austrian people of Croatian descent
Austrian emigrants to Germany
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