Sascha Gura (born Eugenie Therese Gura; 9 June 1896 – 1 April 1946) was a German stage and film actress active in the
silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
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[Hardt p.218]
Selected filmography
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The Dance of Death
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The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification o ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Hunchback and the Dancer
''The Hunchback and the Dancer'' (german: Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin) is a 1920 silent German horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and photographed by Karl Freund. This is now considered to be a lost film. The film was written by Carl May ...
'' (1920)
* ''
The Prince of the Mountains'' (1921)
* ''
The Devil and Circe
''The Devil and Circe'' (German: ''Teufel und Circe'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Sascha Gura, Eduard von Winterstein and Walter von Allwoerden. It premiered in Munich on 7 June 1921.
Cast
* Sas ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore'' (1921)
* ''
Mignon
''Mignon'' is an 1866 ''opéra comique'' (or opera in its second version) in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's 1795-96 novel '' Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre''. ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Two Worlds'' (1922)
* ''
Playing with Destiny
''Playing with Destiny'' (german: Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Alfred Abel, Sascha Gura and Claire Rommer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 2
The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Fever for Heights'' (1924)
* ''
The Doomed
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'' (1924)
* ''
Trenck'' (1932)
References
Bibliography
* Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.
External links
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1896 births
1946 deaths
German musical theatre actresses
German film actresses
German silent film actresses
20th-century German actresses
Actresses from Munich
Deaths from cancer in Germany
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