Burg Theatre

In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.

8

122 min

Cast

Werner Krauss

as Friedrich Mitterer

Carl Esmond

as Josef Rainer

Hortense Raky

as Leni Schindler

Olga Tschechowa

as Baroness Seebach

Hans Moser

as Souffleur Sedlmayer

Carl Günther

as Baron Seebach

Karl Skraup

as Schneidermeister Schindler

Josefine Dora

as Frau Schindler

Franz Herterich

as Direktor des Burgtheaters

Camilla Gerzhofer

as Frau von S., Gesellschaftsdame

Karl Paryla

as junger Schauspieler

Erik Frey

as Schauspieler des Burgtheaters

O.W. Fischer

as Schauspieler des Burgtheaters

Marietta Weber

as Schauspielerin

Georg Schmieter

as Opernsänger

Babette Devrient

as Fürstin

Irma Eckert

as Zofe

Rudolf Teubler

as Majordomus

Otto Hartmann

as vorsprechender Schauspieler

Maria Holst

as Fritzi

Ady Berber

as Heurigensänger

Hans Brand

as Alba in 'Don Carlos'

Julia Janssen

Karl Armbruster

Lorenz Corvinus

Charlotte Coté

Harry Nestor

Director

Willi Forst