
Acting
Lya Mara
Born — Died
1897-08-01 — 1960-03-01
Place of birth
Riga, Russian Empire
Known for
Acting
Credits
46 titles
Lya Mara, born Aleksandra Gudowicz to a Polish family in Riga, Livonia (now Latvia), was a silent film star in Germany 1916 - 1931.
Known for
5.7A wild young girl runs away from her parents' house to support herself and attracts the attentions of a married man, who is prepared to abandon his wife and child for her.
The Polish Dancer
1917
The story follows two young students, Ładnowski and Paszkowski. Bound by honour, Ładnowski marries the woman he loves. Paszkowski, however, abandons his lover the moment she tells him she is pregnant. Left alone and unable to support herself, she dies, leaving behind a baby daughter named Pola. Years later, Pola has grown into a beautiful young woman working in a fashion salon. One day she delivers a dress to the home of her unknown father, the engineer Paszkowski. Captivated by her charm, he takes her under his wing. Pola soon becomes a celebrated dancer. After the death of his wife, Paszkowski falls madly in love with her and wishes to marry her. Out of gratitude, Pola is prepared to make this sacrifice—even though she herself loves the young painter Henryk, who is Ładnowski’s son. Thus life, more vivid and intricate than any poet’s invention, creates a tangled and tragic dilemma. No copies of the film have survived.
Students
1916
No synopsis available yet.
The Gypsy Baron
1927
No synopsis available yet.
Yoshiwara
1920
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Daisy. The Adventure of a Lady
1923
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Geliebte des Königs
1922
Film credits
1930s · 1 titles
1920s · 34 titles
No synopsis available yet.
The Gypsy Baron
1927
No synopsis available yet.
Yoshiwara
1920
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Daisy. The Adventure of a Lady
1923
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Geliebte des Königs
1922
8.0Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
The Crimson Circle
1929
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Die Geliebte des Grafen Varenne
1921
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Trix, der Roman einer Millionärin
1921
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Miss Beryll... die Laune eines Millionärs
1921
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Princess of the Nile
1920
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Die Ehe der Fürstin Demidoff
1922
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Das Mädel von Picadilly
1921
10.0A beautiful and popular young woman enters a relationship with a wealthy but womanizing cavalry captain.
Lyda Ssanin
1923
10.0No synopsis available yet.
An der Schönen Blauen Donau
1926
NRJazz-Age gender comedy about a Berlin party girl with a big heart - a heart sought after by many admirers. Only for her to become a boring stay-at-home-mom.
Frauen, die man oft nicht grüßt
1925
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Erniedrigte und Beleidigte
1922
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Das Mädel aus der Hölle
1923
5.0The film takes place on two time levels: first in contemporary France and then in the time of Louis XV. in the 18th century. Lucienne is a young, dynamic woman who, although she loves the chief engineer of her uncle Abel Fernay’s car factory, is forced to marry an unloved man, a noble businessman.
Auf Befehl der Pompadour
1924
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Die Männer der Sybill
1923
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Die lachende Grille
1926
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Mein Herz ist eine Jazzband
1929
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Weihnachtsfilm für Große
1924
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Heut tanzt Mariett
1928
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Aus den Memoiren einer Filmschauspielerin
1921
10.0A cabaret singer in Germany is in love with a young American boy, and must convince his disapproving father that she is worthy of his son.
Das tanzende Wien
1927
No synopsis available yet.
Fasching
1921
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Tanja, die Frau an der Kette
1922
7.0Mary Lou falls into poverty and has no more remedy than joining a circus, where she has much success with her act. But a dirty guy arrives who wants to leave the circus, and who hopes for a future as a countess.
Mary Lou
1928
10.0A forester's daughter arrests a poacher without knowing it is Emperor Franz Joseph. A lively game with a melancholic touch begins. Set in Austria, 1850, this romantic tragicomedy is based on the operetta by Georg Jarno.
The Bohemian Dancer
1926
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Kri-Kri, die Herzogin von Tarabac
1920
NRA nobleman wishes to help the woman he had seduced and abandoned years earlier when he learns that she is now on trial for murder.
Auferstehung. Katjuscha Maslowa
1923
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yvette, the Fashion Princess
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Wer unter Euch ohne Sünde ist
1921
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Napoleon’s Daughter
1922
7.0In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Anna Karenina
1920
1910s · 11 titles
5.7A wild young girl runs away from her parents' house to support herself and attracts the attentions of a married man, who is prepared to abandon his wife and child for her.
The Polish Dancer
1917
The story follows two young students, Ładnowski and Paszkowski. Bound by honour, Ładnowski marries the woman he loves. Paszkowski, however, abandons his lover the moment she tells him she is pregnant. Left alone and unable to support herself, she dies, leaving behind a baby daughter named Pola. Years later, Pola has grown into a beautiful young woman working in a fashion salon. One day she delivers a dress to the home of her unknown father, the engineer Paszkowski. Captivated by her charm, he takes her under his wing. Pola soon becomes a celebrated dancer. After the death of his wife, Paszkowski falls madly in love with her and wishes to marry her. Out of gratitude, Pola is prepared to make this sacrifice—even though she herself loves the young painter Henryk, who is Ładnowski’s son. Thus life, more vivid and intricate than any poet’s invention, creates a tangled and tragic dilemma. No copies of the film have survived.
Students
1916
The film was described as a “hilarious tragicomedy.” The plot is unknown, and no copies have survived.
The Furious Rival
1916
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Margarete. Die Geschichte einer Gefallenen
1918
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maria Evere
1919
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Nun and the Harlequin
1918
A young woman marries a count who is not what he seems.
Das Geschlecht der Schelme. 1. Teil
1917
A farce of banal, crude content, the kind typical of second-rate theaters and calculated to satisfy the vulgar tastes of small-time wartime upstarts among the Warsaw bourgeoisie. No copies of the film have survived.
We Want a Husband
1916
Adaptation of 18th century French novel "Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut."
Manon: The High Song of Love
1919
NRA medical officer decides to become a doctor, change his name and devote his life to research after the woman he loves marries his best friend.
Die Rothenburger
1918
7.0The Count Symon Barinowsky returns home after a long absence, and falls for his now grown foster sister. Though the two wish to marry, the count's mother greatly disapproves.
Halkas Gelöbnis
1918

