Austrian films of the 1920s - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

A list of films produced in the Cinema of Austria
Cinema of Austria
Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky was among the Austrian pioneers of this art. Several Austrians pursued a career in pre-Nazi Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred...

in the 1920s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see :Category:Austrian films.

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1920 1920 in film The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
Eva, die Sünde Eva, the Sin	Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman.-Biography:... Luise Fleck Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée , was an Austrian film director, and the second ever female film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché...	Liane Haid Liane Haid Liane Haid was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the Süßes Wiener Mädel and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 30s... Max Neufeld Max Neufeld Max Neufeld was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-Selected filmography:...
Der Feuertod Burnt at the Stake	Dr. Franz Ferdinand
Großstadtgift Big City Poison	Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman.-Biography:... Luise Fleck Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée , was an Austrian film director, and the second ever female film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché...	Karl Ehmann Dora Kaiser		Wiener Kunstfilm Wiener Kunstfilm Wiener Kunstfilm, in full Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie , was the first major Austrian film production company...
Der Leiermann The Organ-Grinder	Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman.-Biography:... Luise Fleck Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée , was an Austrian film director, and the second ever female film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché...	Liane Haid Liane Haid Liane Haid was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the Süßes Wiener Mädel and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 30s... Josef Bergauer		Wiener Kunstfilm Wiener Kunstfilm Wiener Kunstfilm, in full Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie , was the first major Austrian film production company...
Prinz und Bettelknabe The Prince and the Pauper The Prince and the Pauper The Prince and the Pauper is an English-language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction... (lit: "Prince and Beggar Boy"	Alexander Korda Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British producer and film director. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.-Life and career:The elder brother of filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent...	Tibi Lubinsky		Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
1921 1921 in film -Top grossing films :-Films released in 1921:U.S.A. unless stated$10,000 Under a Pillow, silent film directed by Frank MoserThe Ace of Hearts, silent film directed by Wallace Worsley*Across the Divide, silent film directed by John Holloway...
Die Festspiele 1921 The Festival of 1921		Alexander Moissi Hedwig Bleibtreu Werner Krauß	Documentary	Salzburger Kunstfilm
Frau in Weiss Woman in White	Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman.-Biography:... Luise Fleck Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée , was an Austrian film director, and the second ever female film director in the world, after Alice Guy-Blaché...	Liane Haid Liane Haid Liane Haid was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the Süßes Wiener Mädel and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 30s...		Wiener Kunstfilm Wiener Kunstfilm Wiener Kunstfilm, in full Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie , was the first major Austrian film production company...
Kaiser Karl	Hans Otto Löwenstein	Josef Stätter Grit Haid Louise Seemann	Drama	Löwenstein Film
Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes Theodor Herzl Theodor Herzl Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:... , Vanguard of the Jewish People		Josef Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut was an Austrian stage and film actor.-Early life:Born in Vienna, Austria, Schildkraut was the son of stage actor Rudolph Schildkraut. The younger Schildkraut moved to the United States in the early 1900s. He appeared in many Broadway productions... Rudolf Schildkraut Ernst Bath
Um Haus und Hof Around Home and Garden	Eduard Köck			Tiroler-Heimatfilm
1922 1922 in film -Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....
Sodom und Gomorrha Sodom and Gomorrah	Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...	Alexander Korda Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British producer and film director. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.-Life and career:The elder brother of filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent... Michael Varkonyi Lucy Doraine Lucy Doraine Lucy Doraine was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era.Born as Ilona Kovács in Budapest, she appeared in 24 films between 1918 and 1931...
Samson und Delila Samson and Delilah	Alexander Korda Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British producer and film director. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.-Life and career:The elder brother of filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent...	María Corda María Corda María Corda was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria.... Alfredo Galoar		Vita-Film Vita-Film Vita-Film was founded in 1919 as the successor company to Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie by Anton and Luise Kolm.By 1923 Vita-Film had built the Rosenhügel Film Studios in the Vienna suburbs, which still stand and are still used for film production...
Die Beichte eines Mönchs Confessions of a Monk		Magda Sonja Max Neufeld Max Neufeld Max Neufeld was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-Selected filmography:... Friedrich Feher
Der Marquis von Bolivar The Marquis of Bolivar	Friedrich Porges	Hans Schindler
Oh, du lieber Augustin	H. K. Breslauer	Hans Schindler Hans Effenberger
Eine versunkene Welt or Die Tragödie eines verschollenen Fürstensohnes A Drowned World or The Tragedy of a Prince's Lost Son	Alexander Korda Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British producer and film director. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.-Life and career:The elder brother of filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent...	Karl Baumgartner Ernst Arndt Ernst Arndt (actor) Ernst Arndt was a German stage and film actor notable for his later career in Austria.-Life:Arndt was born in Magdeburg, Germany. From 1910 he was a member of the Burgtheater ensemble in Vienna. He also made occasional appearances in supporting roles in films...		Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
1923 1923 in film -Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
Irrlichter der Tiefe Will-o'-Wisps of the Deep	Fritz Freisler	Anita Berber Anita Berber Anita Berber was a German dancer, actress, writer, and prostitute who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the Weimar period.-Early life:... Nora Gregor Nora Gregor -Biography:She was born Eleonora Hermina Gregor in Gorizia, a town which then belonged to Austria-Hungary but is now part of Italy, to Austrian Jewish parents.Her first husband was Mitja Nikisch, a pianist...		Freisler-Film
Der junge Medardus The Young Medardus	Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...	Victor Varconi Victor Varconi Victor Varconi was a highly successful silent film star in Hungary. Born Mihály Várkonyi in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary, he was the first Hungarian actor to make a film in the United States....		Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:... ; based on a story by Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler Dr. Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist.- Biography :Arthur Schnitzler, son of a prominent Hungarian-Jewish laryngologist Johann Schnitzler and Luise Markbreiter , was born in Praterstraße 16, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian...
Lieb' mich und die Welt ist mein Love Me and the World is Mine	Hans Karl Breslauer Hans Karl Breslauer Hans Karl Breslauer, born Johann Karl Breslauer, later often known as H. K. Breslauer was an early Austrian film director, also an actor, screenwriter and author.- Career as actor and screenwriter :...		Documentary
Tänze des Grauens, des Lasters und der Ekstase Dances of Agony, Vice, and Ecstasy		Anita Berber Anita Berber Anita Berber was a German dancer, actress, writer, and prostitute who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the Weimar period.-Early life:... Fritz Freisler	Documentary
1924 1924 in film -Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
Harun al-Rashid	Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...	Adolf Weisse Mary Kid		Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
Moderne Laster Modern Vice	Leopold Niernberger	Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer GColIH is the President of Austria. He took office on 8 July 2004 and was re-elected for a second and last term on 25 April 2010. Before he took office, Fischer was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria... Nora Gregor Nora Gregor -Biography:She was born Eleonora Hermina Gregor in Gorizia, a town which then belonged to Austria-Hungary but is now part of Italy, to Austrian Jewish parents.Her first husband was Mitja Nikisch, a pianist...	Drama	Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
Orlacs Hände The Hands of Orlac	Robert Wiene Robert Wiene Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...	Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca... Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner was an Austrian-born stage and film actor and theatre director.Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. Also in that year... Alexandra Sorina	Horror	Pan Film
Pflicht und Ehre Duty and Honour
Die Sklavenkönigin The Slave Queen, or The Moon of Israel	Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...	María Corda María Corda María Corda was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria.... Oskar Beregi Hans Marr		Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:... 70 minutes
Die Stadt ohne Juden The City Without Jews	Hans Karl Breslauer Hans Karl Breslauer Hans Karl Breslauer, born Johann Karl Breslauer, later often known as H. K. Breslauer was an early Austrian film director, also an actor, screenwriter and author.- Career as actor and screenwriter :...	Johannes Riemann Anna Milety Hans Moser Hans Moser (actor) Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wiener Film... Karl Thema	Drama	Walterskirchen und Bittner
Die Tragödie des Carlo Pinetti The Tragedy of Carlo Pinetti	Alphons Fryland
1925 1925 in film -Events:November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand PremierDecember 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
Frauen aus der Wiener Vorstadt Women of the Viennese Suburbs	Heinz Hanus	Paul Askonas Carmen Cartellieri Bertha Danegger	Drama	Hanus-Film
Leibfiaker Bratfisch Coachman Bratfisch		Hans Otto Löwenstein		Geschichtsfilm concerns the suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf
Oberst Redl Oberst Redl Colonel Redl ; ) is a 1985 drama film by Hungarian director István Szabó. It tells the life story of an Austrian Imperial military officer Alfred Redl who was blackmailed into espionage for the Russian secret service to prevent the revelation of his homosexuality... Colonel Redl		Hans Otto Löwenstein	Drama
Salammbô	Pierre Marodon	Jeanne de Balzac Rolla Norman Adolf Weisse		Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
Das Spielzeug von Paris Das Spielzeug von Paris Das Spielzeug von Paris is an Austrian silent film released in 1925 and directed by Michael Curtiz. It was the first film to feature French actress Lili Damita in the leading role.-Plot:... Red Heels (lit. Parisian Toy	Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...	Lili Damita Lili Damita Lili Damita was a French actress who appeared in 33 movies between 1922 and 1937.-Early life and education:... Hugo Thimig Hugo Thimig Hugo August Thimig , although born in Germany, spent his working life in Austria as an actor, director, and director of the Burgtheater in Vienna.-Biography:... Eric Barclay		Deutsche Film Gesellschaft Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
1926 1926 in film -Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
Der Rosenkavalier The Cavalier of the Rose	Robert Wiene Robert Wiene Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...	Elly Felicie Berger Michael Bohnen Michael Bohnen Franz Michael Bohnen was a German bass baritone opera singer and actor.-Life:Michael Bohnen was born in Cologne. He trained in opera singing at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and with a private tutor, making his debut in 1910 at the Stadttheater Düsseldorf. In 1912 he appeared at the Hoftheater...		Pan-Film
1927 1927 in film -Events:January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...
Café Elektric Café Elektric Café Elektric is an Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky.- Plot outline :The daughter of a wealthy industrialist falls for a pickpocket .- Cast :* Willi Forst ... Fredl* Marlene Dietrich ... Erni Göttlinger...	Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...	Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films... Willi Forst Willi Forst Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer...		Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
Der Geisterzug Ghost Train	Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
Die Pratermizzi Die Pratermizzi Die Pratermizzi is an Austrian silent drama film made by Gustav Ucicky in 1926, released in January 1927, which was long believed lost until its rediscovery in 2005.-Plot:... Mizzi of the Prater	Eduard von Borsody Eduard von Borsody Eduard von Borsody was an Austrian cameraman, film editor, film director and screenplay writer.- Life :Eduard von Borsody began his film career as a cameraman... Karl Leiter Karl Leiter -Selected filmography:* Pratermizzi * Vater Radetzky * Das Ferienkind * Ich bitte um Vollmacht * Wiener Luft... Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...	Anny Ondra Anny Ondra Anny Ondra was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland, and died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany.-Life:... Nita Naldi Igo Sym Igo Sym Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym was an Austrian-born Polish actor and collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement.-Early career:...	Comedy
Vom Freudenhaus in die Ehe From Bordello to Altar	Constantin David Constantin David Constantin David is a Romanian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Mario Facchin.-External links:* *-References:...
Sacco und Vanzetti Sacco and Vanzetti	Alfréd Deésy Alfréd Deésy Alfréd Deésy was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 77 films between 1915 and 1947...	Paul Askonas Louis V. Arco Louis V. Arco Louis V. Arco was an Austrian-born actor who was born Lutz Altschul in Baden, Austria-Hungary , about 5 miles south of Vienna.... Mizi Griebl	Drama	Gans-Film
1928 1928 in film -Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...
Andere Frauen Other Women	Heinz Hanus	Oscar Beregi Sr. Oscar Beregi Sr. Oscar Beregi, Sr. was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1916 and 1953.He was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Hollywood, California... Vivian Gibson Mizi Griebl	Drama	Otto Spitzer Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg Fate of the Habsburgs	Rolf Raffé	Fritz Spira Alfons Fryland Alfons Fryland Alfons Fryland was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1921 and 1933.He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary and died in Graz, Austria.-Selected filmography:... Franz Kammauf Leni Riefenstahl Leni Riefenstahl Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...		Essem-Film Leo-Film
1929 1929 in film -Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
Das Annerl von Aussee Annerl from Aussee	Josef Halbritter		Comedy	Halbritter-Film
G'schichten aus der Steiermark Tales from Styria	Hans Otto Löwenstein			first Austrian sound film Sound film A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially... ; premiere 23 August 1929 in Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

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