Frau Eva

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Frau Eva
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Erna Morena as Frau Eva
Directed by Robert Wiene
Produced by Oskar Messter
Written by Alphonse Daudet (novel)
Artur Berger
Robert Wiene
Starring Erna Morena
Emil Jannings
Theodor Loos
Margarete Kupfer
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography Karl Freund
Production
company
Distributed by Hansa Film
Release dates
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  • February 1916 (1916-02)
Country Germany
Language Silent
German intertitles

Frau Eva is a 1916 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Erna Morena, Emil Jannings and Theodor Loos. It was based on the 1874 novel Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet. The film was Jannings' first starring role, his previous appearance having been as an extra in Im Schützengraben.[1]

Plot

An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.[2]

Cast

References

  1. Jung & Schatzberg p.195
  2. Jung & Schatzberg p.40

Bibliography

  • Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

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