
Acting
Lyda Salmonova
Born 1889-07-14 · Prague, Czech Republic
Lyda Salmonova was a Czech stage and film actress. She was married to the actor Paul Wegener and appeared alongside him in a number of films.
Acting credits
5.0In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.
Rübezahl's Wedding
1916
6.7This mostly lost film is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble of an old synagogue in the 20th century. Brought to life by an antique dealer, the golem is used as a menial servant. Eventually falling in love with the dealer's wife, it goes on a murderous rampage when its love for her goes unanswered.
The Golem
1915
7.0In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Wandering Souls
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Kadra Sâfa
1914
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Malaria
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Das Liebesnest
1922
5.1Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
Lucrezia Borgia
1922
6.1Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
The Student of Prague
1913
6.5The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Monna Vanna
1922
8.0An Indian mystic uses his power of invisibility to scare a young inventor.
The Yoghi
1916
8.0In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922
NRA stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
Beyond the River, a Gemrna silent directed by Ludwig Czerny and starring Walter Janssen & Ada Svedin.
Jenseits des Stromes
1922
3.8Life, love, and the extensively depicted affairs of the dancer Barbara Campanini.
The Dancer Barberina
1920
5.5A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918
6.0As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous. A lost film.
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917
NRAbdar Rahman, returning from a raid upon a neighboring tribe, brings with him, Romeika, the daughter of its sheik. She is introduced into his harem but repulses all his advances till messengers from her father brings a ransom by which the freedom of the girl is affected.
The Treasure of Abdar Rahman
1913
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Galeerensträfling
1920
No synopsis available yet.
Evinrude
1914
No synopsis available yet.
Die Diamantenkonkurrenz
1921
10.0No synopsis available yet.
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923
7.0A man sells his shadow to gain success and fame but soon suffers the terrible consequences of that deal.
The Lost Shadow
1921