''Madame Bluebeard'' () is a 1931 Austrian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Conrad Wiene Conrad Wiene (; 3 February 1878 – after May 1934) was an actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director, director of Austrian and German silent film, silent films. He was the younger brother of German film director Robert Wiene. Bio ...

and starring

Lil Dagover Lil Dagover (; born Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert; 30 September 1887 – 23 January 1980) was a German actress whose film career spanned between 1913 and 1979. She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar ...

Harry Frank Harry Frank (15 October 1896 – 12 December 1947) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' In den Goldfeldern von Nevada'' (1920) * '' Das wandernde Bild'' (1920) * '' The Wandering Image'' (1920) * '' Four Around a Woman'' (1921) * '' The ...

and Otto Hartmann.Waldman p.31 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Hans Ledersteger Hans Ledersteger (1898–1971) was an Austrian art director who worked for many years in the German film industry. While mainly employed in Germany, he occasionally also worked in other countries such as Italy and his native Austria including on ...

Cast

as Frau Erika Dankwarth *

as Helmuth Krüger * Otto Hartmann as Baron Terhusen * Vera Schmiterlöw as Karla, seine Schwester *

Anton Edthofer Anton Franz Edthofer (18 September 1883 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian actor. He married Helene Thimig on December 4, 1948 and they remained married until his death. Partial filmography * '' The Sacrifice'' (1918) * ''Freier Dienst'' (191 ...

as Schiereisen * Vera Salvotti as Die schwarze Käthe *

Alfred Neugebauer Alfred Neugebauer (24 December 1888 – 14 September 1957) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Money in the Streets'' (1922) * ''Money on the Street'' (1930) * '' Madame Bluebeard'' (1931) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ...

as Sykora * Albert Kersten as Lorenz * Lotte Deyers as Irre

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 drama films Austrian drama films 1930s German-language films Films based on works by Karl Hans Strobl Films directed by Conrad Wiene Austrian black-and-white films German-language drama films {{1930s-Austria-film-stub