Fräulein Else

Fräulein Else

107 mins | Drama | March 7, 1929

While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.

Fräulein Else

107 mins | Drama | March 7, 1929

Fräulein Else
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Fräulein Else
Directors Paul Czinner
Writers Paul Czinner, Arthur Schnitzler, Carl Mayer

Cast

Elisabeth Bergner

as Else Thalhof

Albert Bassermann

as Dr. Alfred Thalhof

Albert Steinrück

as Von Dorsday

Adele Sandrock

as Tante Emma

Else Heller

as Dr. Thalhofs Frau

Jack Trevor

as Paul