The Famous Woman

The Famous Woman GermanDie berhmte Frau is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Lili Damita, Fred Solm and Warwick Ward. It was based on the play Die Tnzerin by Melchior Lengyel, who also wrote the films screenplay. 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. Damitas performance was particularly praised, as was the cinematography of Otto Kanturek who had done location shooting in Barcelona.

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