Mia May

Acting

Mia May

Born — Died

1884-06-01 — 1980-11-28

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 13 titles

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur poster
6.0

Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting Rowland to be cured. She accepts, but tries to commit suicide.

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur

1921

The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi poster
5.7

Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi Ramigani to England to look for Herbert Rowland, an architect; but when he orders him to build a tomb, Rowland refuses.

The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi

1921

Love Letters of Baroness S poster
7.0

A married society woman strikes up a romance with a young musician. She introduces the man to high society. The society woman eventually decides to break off the relationship and the musician attempts to blackmail her.

Love Letters of Baroness S

1924

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7.0

A lady-in-waiting is to become the companion of a young lady at the splendid estate Amönenhof.

Der Amönenhof

1920

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8.0

Billionaire Maud Fergusson lives happily with engineer Allan Stanley. Nothing stands in the way of their love wedding - except Maud's dark past. She has told Allan everything about herself, but he insists on knowing the name of her former seducer - otherwise he won't be able to marry her.

The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind

1920

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson poster
7.5

After the death of Alan Stanley, Maud Fergusson seeks revenge. On her behalf, the detective Hunt begins to investigate and proves that Murphy is responsible for the murder. Maud's revenge plan involves launching a newspaper campaign against Murphy, defaming and embarrassing him.

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson

1920

Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland poster
9.0

Lavinia Morland marries a rich banker in order to obtain money to care for a sick artist with whom she is in love. A woman tells the banker of this state of affairs and he hires a disreputable and bogus count to compromise his wife so that he may obtain a divorce. She kills her husband when she finds he has trapped her, but her story told in court procures her release.

Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland

1921

The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires poster
8.0

Thanks to the treasure of the Queen of Sheba, Maud, who now calls herself Fergusson, has become an immensely wealthy woman. The plane that rescued her and Allan Stanley from Ophir belongs to newspaper king Fletcher, who reports on the rescue operation on the front pages of his newspapers.

The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires

1920

The Wandering Image poster
6.1

When Irmgard becomes pregnant from Georg, a free-love disciple, she decides, for the sake of her child, to pretend they are married. The secret plan is to wed his twin brother, John, who will pretend to be Georg in front of the priest. Soon after that happens, Georg disappears and is declared dead. Years later, Irmgard is trying to escape John, who is obsessed with her. In the mountains, she finds a stranger willing to protect her.

The Wandering Image

1920

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10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft

1921

The Countess of Paris poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Countess of Paris

1923

The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past poster
8.0

As Madsen and Maud explore the city of Ophir, they witness an ancient ritual performed by the residents. The two are discovered, and with strangers desecrating the city's sacred ground, Maud is to be sacrificed to the goddess Ophirs, while Madsen is taken to the Sabytes, an enslaved native tribe.

The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past

1920

The Tragedy of Love poster
7.0

The husband of Countess Manon Moreau is found murdered. André Rabatin, who belongs to the same club as Count Moreau, is the suspect. Rabatin, a old-school gentleman, affirms his innocence to the widow and claims that the death of the count must have been a tragic accident. Manon believes Rabatin and begins to fall in love with him. But Rabatin himself suspects that she has murdered her husband.

The Tragedy of Love

1923

1910s · 19 titles

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Gespensteruhr

1916

Five Minutes Too Late poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Five Minutes Too Late

1918

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fräulein Zahnarzt

1919

The Beggar Countess poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Beggar Countess

1918

No artwork available
7.0

Through the plan hidden in Astarte's jewelry, Maud Gregaards, Kien-Lung and Consul Madsen get on the trail of the Queen of Sheba's treasure. Their search takes them to Africa, where they want to know from King Makombe the location of the Fire Mountain, near which the legendary city of Ophir, the center of the Astarte cult, is said to be.

The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe

1919

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life poster
7.0

Maud Gregaards tells her rescuer, the Chinese Dr. Kien-Lung, her life: Her father was an archivist in the Foreign Office who was run by the unscrupulous Dr. Frohner was blackmailed into giving him a secret Chinese treaty.

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life

1919

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9.0

Maria, an accountant at a factory, falls for Rudolph, who has his eyes set on the factory owner's daughter.

Das Opfer

1918

Ehre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ehre

1917

Hilde Warren and Death poster
6.5

Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of Death himself.

Hilde Warren and Death

1917

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man poster
7.5

Maud Gregaards travels to China in search of a fabled treasure said to have belonged to the Queen of Sheba. Once there, she is taken captive by an evil man and nearly killed in the belief she is a witch.

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man

1919

Ihr großes Geheimnis poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ihr großes Geheimnis

1918

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NR

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Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa

1914

Nebel und Sonne poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nebel und Sonne

1916

The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold poster
7.0

Together with Kien-Lung and the Consul Madsen, Maud travels to Kuan-Fu to learn from the old rabbi where the treasures of the Queen of Sheba are hidden. The dying rabbi entrusts Madsen with the jewelery of Astarte, who carries the plan for the treasure's hiding place.

The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold

1919

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

In der Tiefe des Schachtes

1912

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10.0

A young married woman's attraction to a violinist sours as his behaviour grows more and more aggressive.

The Devil’s Silhouette

1917

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Platonic Marriage

1919

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8.0

"Truth Wins" - A history film that is particularly elaborate in terms of its features and that attempts to illustrate the perpetual victory of the truth about the lie in three epic episodes.

Veritas vincit

1919

Sein schwierigster Fall poster
10.0

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Sein schwierigster Fall

1915

Series credits

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