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