Burgtheater (1936)
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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 from the stage. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break. The old actor learns the painful truth and though wounded, understands that the relationship would never have worked. When the young actor attempts to end his life, following the loss of his job at the Burg Theatre, it is the elderly actor who saves him. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Werner Krauss
Synopsis of Burgtheater
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 from the stage. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break. The old actor learns the painful truth and though wounded, understands that the relationship would never have worked. When the young actor attempts to end his life, following the loss of his job at the Burg Theatre, it is the elderly actor who saves him. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Burgtheater
- Werner Krauss - Friedrich Mitterer
- Hans Moser - Sedlmayer, Prompter
- Josefine Dora - Mrs. Schindler
- O.W. Fischer - actor of Burg Theater
- Otto Hartmann - Actor
- Carl Esmond
- Olga Tschechowa - Baroness Seebach
- Karl Skraup - Schindler
- Eric Frey - actor of Burg Theater
- Rudolf Teubler - Majordomos
- Maria Holst - Fritzi
- Writer(s):
- Willi Forst, Jochen Huth
- Producer(s):
- Willi Forst
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