# The Famous Woman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Famous_Woman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Famous_Woman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Famous_Woman > Source revision: 1356493602 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1927 film The Famous Woman Fred Solm and Lili Damita Directed by Robert Wiene Written by Melchior Lengyel (play and screenplay) Produced by Hermann Fellner Josef Somlo Arnold Pressburger Starring Lili Damita Fred Solm Warwick Ward Lissy Arna Cinematography Otto Kanturek Music by Walter Ulfig Distributed by Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat Release date 29 October 1927 (1927-10-29) Country Germany Languages Silent German intertitles ***The Famous Woman*** (German: ***Die berühmte Frau***) is a 1927 [German](/source/Cinema_of_Germany) [silent](/source/Silent_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Robert Wiene](/source/Robert_Wiene) and starring [Lili Damita](/source/Lili_Damita), [Fred Solm](/source/Fred_Solm) and [Warwick Ward](/source/Warwick_Ward). It was based on the play *[Die Tänzerin](/source/Die_T%C3%A4nzerin)* by [Melchior Lengyel](/source/Melchior_Lengyel), who also wrote the film's [screenplay](/source/Screenplay).[1] While performing in [Barcelona](/source/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.[2] Damita's performance was particularly praised, as was the [cinematography](/source/Cinematography) of [Otto Kanturek](/source/Otto_Kanturek) who had done [location shooting](/source/Location_shooting) in Barcelona.[3] ## Cast - [Lili Damita](/source/Lili_Damita) as Sonja Litowskaja - [Fred Solm](/source/Fred_Solm) as Alfredo de Cavalcante - [Warwick Ward](/source/Warwick_Ward) as Gerald - [Lissy Arna](/source/Lissy_Arna) as Zofe bei Sonja - [Alexander Granach](/source/Alexander_Granach) as Diener bei Alfredo - [Arnold Korff](/source/Arnold_Korff) as Der Herzog v. Olivarez - [Mathilde Sussin](/source/Mathilde_Sussin) as Mutter des Alfredo - [Alexander Murski](/source/Alexander_Murski) as Vater des Alfredo - [Nikolaus von Lovrie](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikolaus_von_Lovrie&action=edit&redlink=1) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jung & Schatzberg p.141 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Jung & Schatzberg p.141-142 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jung & Schatzberg p.141-142 ## Bibliography - Jung, Uli; Schatzberg, Walter (1999). *Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene*. [Berghahn Books](/source/Berghahn_Books). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781571811561](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781571811561). ## External links - [*The Famous Woman*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437864/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Robert Wiene 1910s He This Way, She That Way (1914) The Canned Bride (1915) Frau Eva (1916) The Queen's Love Letter (1916) The Queen's Secretary (1916) The Wandering Light (1916) The Robber Bride (1916) Lehmann's Honeymoon (1916) The Man in the Mirror (1917) Life Is a Dream (1917) Steadfast Benjamin (1917) Fear (1917) 1920s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) The Three Dances of Mary Wilford (1920) Genuine (1920) The Night of Queen Isabeau (1920) Panic in the House of Ardon (1920) A Woman's Revenge (1921) Playing with Fire (1921) The Infernal Power (1922) Raskolnikow (1923) The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923) I.N.R.I. (1923) The Hands of Orlac (1924) Boarding House Groonen (1925) The Guardsman (1925) Der Rosenkavalier (1926) The Queen of Moulin Rouge (1926) The Mistress (1927) The Famous Woman (1927) The Woman on the Rack (1928) Leontine's Husbands (1928) The Great Adventuress (1928) Folly of Love (1928) 1930s The Other (1930) The Prosecutor Hallers (1930) The Love Express (1931) Venetian Nights (1931) Panic in Chicago (1931) Typhoon (1933) A Night in Venice (1934) Ultimatum (1938) This article related to a German silent drama film of the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Famous Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Famous_Woman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Famous_Woman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.