Burg Theatre

Overview

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.

Directed by Willi Forst

Top cast

Werner Krauss

Friedrich Mitterer

Carl Esmond

Josef Rainer

Hortense Raky

Leni Schindler

Olga Tschechowa

Baroness Seebach

Hans Moser

Souffleur Sedlmayer

C

Carl Günther

Baron Seebach

Karl Skraup

Schneidermeister Schindler

Josefine Dora

Frau Schindler

F

Franz Herterich

Direktor des Burgtheaters

C

Camilla Gerzhofer

Frau von S., Gesellschaftsdame

Karl Paryla

junger Schauspieler

Erik Frey

Schauspieler des Burgtheaters

O.W. Fischer

Schauspieler des Burgtheaters

M

Marietta Weber

Schauspielerin

G

Georg Schmieter

Opernsänger

B

Babette Devrient

Fürstin

I

Irma Eckert

Zofe

R

Rudolf Teubler

Majordomus

Otto Hartmann

vorsprechender Schauspieler

Maria Holst

Fritzi

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