
Person
Esther Carena
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 24, 1898
- Died
- Jan 26, 1972
- From
- Hannover, Germany
The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.
Images
Credits

Ikarus, the Flying Man

Zur Strecke gebracht
Der Schrei des Gewissens

Die von der Liebe leben

Wenn Colombine winkt

Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust

Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe

Der stumme Zeuge

Der Frauenkönig
Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
Sein Todfeind
Die Geisterjagd

Das Gift der Odawara

Die sprechende Hand

Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
Ich klage an
Die Peitsche

Das neue Paradies