''Modern Marriages'' (German: ''Moderne Ehen'') is a 1924 Czech-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
Hans Otto and starring
Fritz Kortner and
Helena Makowska.
[Grange p.184]
Cast
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S. Polonsky as Prof. Holstein
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Helena Makowska as Thea Holstein
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Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (6 March 1886 – 13 May 1960) was a German film actor.
Early life
Stahl-Nachbaur was born in Munich, Germany and died at age 74 in West Berlin.
Selected filmography
* ''Das Geschlecht der Schelme. 1. Teil'' (1917)
* '' ...
as Baron von Norden
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Claude France as Baronin von Norden
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Harry Nestor as Dr. Fritz Röller
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Fritz Kortner as Diener
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Ellen Reith as Baronin Elsa Bassian
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Paul Askonas as Möller
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William Dieterle
William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily a ...
as Prof. Heinrich
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Dagny Servaes as Heinrichs Frau
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Suzanne Marwille as Manon
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Theodor Pištěk as Kwiatkowski
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Mario Karas as Jirí Brodský
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Joe Jencík as Ferry
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Kamil Veselý as Mitglied der Kommission
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Sasa Dobrovolná as Manons Tante
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Bonda Szynglarski as Kellner
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Ella Hrabánková as Kind / Tänzerin
References
Bibliography
* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
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1924 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Hans Otto
German silent feature films
Czech silent films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
1924 comedy films
Czech comedy films
1920s German-language films
Silent German comedy films
1920s German films
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