''Meriota the Dancer'' () is a 1922 Austrian silent

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as ...

directed by

Julius Herska Julius Herska or Julius Herzka (1859–1925) was an Austrian stage actor and stage director, director. He also directed eight films during the silent era including the Victor Hugo adaptation ''Das grinsende Gesicht''.John T. Soister & Henry Nicole ...

and starring Maria Mindzenty,

Nora Gregor Nora Gregor (3 February 1901 – 20 January 1949) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Biography She was born Eleonora Hermina Gregor in Görz, a town which then belonged to Austria-Hungary, but is now part of Italy, to Austrian-Jewish parent ...

and Oscar Beregi Sr.Büttner & Dewald p.508

Cast

* Maria Mindzenty as Meriota *

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spoleto. Her family arranged ...

* Oscar Beregi Sr. as

Cesare Borgia Cesare Borgia (13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was a Cardinal (Catholic Church)#Cardinal_deacons, cardinal deacon and later an Italians, Italian ''condottieri, condottiero''. He was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI of the Aragonese ...

Max Devrient Max Devrient (12 December 1857 – 14 June 1929) was a German-born stage and film actor. He worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna throughout his career, and in 1920 was made chief director.Grange p.120 He was the son of the actor Karl August Devrien ...

Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI (, , ; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: ''Valentinus'' ("The Valencian"); – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into t ...

* Rudolf Bandler as Narr *

Victor Kutschera The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

as Antonio Quirini *

Ferdinand Mayerhofer Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, ventu ...

as Cecco, Wirt * Susanne Osten as Teresa Quirini * Norbert Schiller as Luigi Quirini * Wilhelm Schmidt as Manrone Tosca * Armin Seydelmann as Mateo Felice * Hans Siebert as Pietro Campo *

Anna Kallina Anna Kallina (31 March 1874 – 4 January 1948) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She played the role of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, in the 1921 film '' The Grinning Face'' (1921).Gleizes p.244 Kallina first began acting on the state in ...

* Hanns Kurth

References

Bibliography

* Elisabeth Büttner & Christian Dewald. ''Das tägliche Brennen: eine Geschichte des österreichischen Films von den Anfängen bis 1945, Volume 1''. Residenz, 2002.

External links

* 1922 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Julius Herska Austrian black-and-white films 1920s historical films Films set in the 16th century Austrian historical films Films set in Italy Cultural depictions of Cesare Borgia Cultural depictions of Lucrezia Borgia Cultural depictions of Pope Alexander VI {{1920s-Austria-film-stub