The Famous Woman

{{Short description|1927 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Famous Woman | image = The Famous Woman.jpg | caption = [[Fred Solm]] and [[Lili Damita]] | director = [[Robert Wiene]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Hermann Fellner (producer)|Hermann Fellner]]|[[Josef Somlo]]|[[Arnold Pressburger]]}} | writer = [[Melchior Lengyel]] (play and screenplay) | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Lili Damita]]|[[Fred Solm]]|[[Warwick Ward]]|[[Lissy Arna]]}} | music = [[Walter Ulfig]] | editing = | cinematography = [[Otto Kanturek]] | studio = | distributor = [[Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat]] | released = {{Film date|1927|10|29|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|[[Silent film|Silent]]|[[German language|German]] intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Famous Woman''''' (German: '''''Die berühmte Frau''''') is a 1927 [[Cinema of Germany|German]] [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Robert Wiene]] and starring [[Lili Damita]], [[Fred Solm]] and [[Warwick Ward]]. It was based on the play ''[[Die Tänzerin]]'' by [[Melchior Lengyel]], who also wrote the film's [[screenplay]].<ref>Jung & Schatzberg p.141</ref> While performing in [[Barcelona]], a dancer falls in love with a Spanish aristocrat. He proposes marriage to her providing she give up her profession. She agrees and the wedding preparations begin. When her troupe returns to Spain, however, she is drawn back to her true calling as a dancer and her aristocratic lover reluctantly allows her to go free.<ref>Jung & Schatzberg p.141-142</ref> Damita's performance was particularly praised, as was the [[cinematography]] of [[Otto Kanturek]] who had done [[location shooting]] in Barcelona.<ref>Jung & Schatzberg p.141-142</ref>

==Cast== * [[Lili Damita]] as Sonja Litowskaja * [[Fred Solm]] as Alfredo de Cavalcante * [[Warwick Ward]] as Gerald * [[Lissy Arna]] as Zofe bei Sonja * [[Alexander Granach]] as Diener bei Alfredo * [[Arnold Korff]] as Der Herzog v. Olivarez * [[Mathilde Sussin]] as Mutter des Alfredo * [[Alexander Murski]] as Vater des Alfredo * [[Nikolaus von Lovrie]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== *{{cite book|last=Jung|first= Uli|last2=Schatzberg|first2= Walter|title=Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|year=1999|isbn=9781571811561}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0437864}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Famous Woman}} [[Category:Films of the Weimar Republic]] [[Category:1927 films]] [[Category:German silent feature films]] [[Category:Films directed by Robert Wiene]] [[Category:German films based on plays]] [[Category:Films set in Barcelona]] [[Category:1927 drama films]] [[Category:Films produced by Arnold Pressburger]] [[Category:German black-and-white films]] [[Category:German silent drama films]] [[Category:1927 German films]] [[Category:1927 German-language films]] [[Category:Films scored by Walter Ulfig]] [[Category:German-language drama films]]