Burg Theatre

Burg Theatre

122 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1936

In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.

Burg Theatre

122 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1936

Burg Theatre
In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.
Producers
Original title Burgtheater
Directors Willi Forst
Writers

Cast

Werner Krauß

as Friedrich Mitterer

Carl Esmond

as Josef Rainer

Hortense Raky

as Leni Schindler

Olga Tschechowa

as Baroness Seebach

Hans Moser

as Souffleur Sedlmayer

Karl Günther

as Baron Seebach

Karl Skraup

as Schneidermeister Schindler

Josefine Dora

as Frau Schindler

Franz Herterich

as Direktor des Burgtheaters

Camilla Gerzhofer

as Frau von S., Gesellschaftsdame

Karl Paryla

as junger Schauspieler

Erik Frey

as Schauspieler des Burgtheaters

O.W. Fischer

as Schauspieler des Burgtheaters

Marietta Weber

as Schauspielerin

Georg Schmieter

as Opernsänger

Babette Devrient

as Fürstin

Irma Eckert

as Zofe

Rudolf Teubler

as Majordomus

Otto Hartmann

as vorsprechender Schauspieler

Maria Holst

as Fritzi

Ady Berber

as Heurigensänger

Hans Brand

as Alba in 'Don Carlos'